Code
NUBERO
Status
Formal (Westerhoff & Weerts 2003).
Lithological description
Clay, slightly sandy to slightly silty. Local intercalated peat layer.
Depositional setting
Fluvial (Meuse).
Definition of lower boundary
Underlain by the Beegden Formation (undifferentiated).
Definition of upper boundary
Sharp contact with periglacial aeolian and local river sand (Boxtel Formation).
Thickness indication
Up to several meters.
Geographical distribution
Northeastern part of the Roer Valley Graben.
Regional correlation
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: not present; BEL: not present.
Age
Middle Pleistocene (Cromerian, Rosmalen interglacial).
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after the village of Rosmalen in the southeastern Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
Rosmalen Clay, Veghel Formation (Van den Toorn 1960).
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
Van den Toorn, J.C. 1960. Een geologische excursie rond Deurne (Noord-Brabant). Jaarverslag van de Geologische Stichting, 50-57.
Westerhof, W.E., Weerts, H.J.T. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Rosmalen Bed. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/rosmalen-bed.