Code
NUBEOM
Status
Formal (Westerhoff & Weerts 2003).
Lithological description
Fine to very coarse gravel, sandy with local cobbles and variable carbonate content. At the top usually a 1- to 3-m-thick sandy loam bed.
Depositional setting
Fluvial (western Meuse). Youngest terrace.
Definition of lower boundary
Sharp contact with various Neogene, Paleogene, Cretaceous and Paleozoic units. Locally incised into Caberg or Gronsveld Member (Beegden Formation).
Definition of upper boundary
Commonly exposed at the surface. Locally, sharp contact with periglacial aeolian and local river loam and sand (Boxtel Formation).
Thickness indication
Up to about 20 m.
Geographical distribution
Southeasternmost part of the Netherlands, directly along the Meuse river.
Regional correlation
North Sea; not present; UK: not present; GER: ?; BEL: Stokkem Formation, Lanklaar Formation (Maasmechelen and Geistingen Members) (Gullentops et al. 2001).
Age
Late Pleistocene (Weichselian) - Holocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after the village of Oost-Maarland in the southeastern Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
Oost-Maarland Deposits, Kreftenheye Formation (Felder & Bosch 1989).
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
Felder, W.M., Bosch, P.W. 1989. Geologische kaart van Zuid-Limburg en omgeving. Afzettingen van de Maas. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E., Pissart, A. 2001. Quaternary lithostratigraphic units (Belgium). In: Bultynck, P., Dejonghe, L. (eds.), Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium, Geologica Belgica, 4/1-2, 153-164.
Westerhof, W.E., Weerts, H.J.T. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Oost-Maarland Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/oost-maarland-member.