Code
NUSYHO
Status
Formal (De Lang & Weerts 2003).
Lithological description
Yellowish brown gravel (mainly flint pebbles and cobbles, including fossils of sea urchins), subangular, poorly sorted, admixture of sand and detritus at the top (De Moor 2007).
Depositional setting
Local (periglacial) fluvial (precursors of Meuse tributaries), including channel, bar and alluvial fan.
Definition of lower boundary
Sharp contact with Meuse sand and gravel (Beegden Formation).
Definition of upper boundary
Locally at the surface. Elsewhere, sharp contact with loess (Boxtel Formation, Schimmert Member).
Thickness indication
Up to about 8 m.
Geographical distribution
Local patches in the southeasternmost part of the Netherlands.
Regional correlation
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: not distinguished; BEL: not distinguished.
Age
Pleistocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after the hamlet of Hoogcruts in the southeastern Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
Hoogcruts Deposits (cf. Kuyl 1980).
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
De Lang, F.D., Weerts, H.J.T. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
De Moor, J.J.W. 2007. Human impact on Holocene catchment development and fluvial processes - the Geul River catchment, SE Netherlands. PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 142 p.
Kuyl, O.S. 1980. Toelichtingen bij de geologische kaart van Nederland 1:50.000. Blad Heerlen (62W oostelijke helft, 62O westelijke helft). Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Hoogcruts Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/hoogcruts-member.