Code
NUUA
Status
Formal.
Lithological description
Mud-rich sediments.
Depositional setting
Low energy open marine (Rijsdijk et al. 2005).
Definition of lower boundary
Not yet determined.
Definition of upper boundary
Not yet determined.
Thickness indication
Not yet determined.
Geographical distribution
North Sea.
Regional correlation
UK: Nieuw Zeeland Gronden Formation; GER: ?; BEL: ?
Age
Holocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after a training vessel of the Royal Naval College of the Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Geert-Jan Vis (2019).
References
Rijsdijk, K.F., Passchier, S., Weerts, H.J.T., Laban, C., Van Leeuwen, R.J.W., Ebbing, J.H.J. 2005. Revised Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Dutch sector of the North Sea Basin: towards an integrated lithostratigraphic, seismostratigraphic and allostratigraphic approach. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84, 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600023015
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Urania Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/urania-formation.