| Computer Code: |
TN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Marine Isotope Stage 2 (QMIS002)
— Marine Isotope Stage 2 (QMIS002) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fine-grained, well-sorted, wind-blown periglacial sands, evidence of cryoturbation in onshore exposures in the Netherlands. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
In type section rests on marine sands of Eem Formation (Eemian Interglacial). In Flemish Bight Sheet, rests on the Eem Formation or on brackish-marine early Weichselian clays of the Brown Bank Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by early Holocene peat or brackish marine sand (Elbow Formation) or marine sand (Bligh Bank Formation). |
| Thickness: |
1 - 25 metres |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
California Glacigenic Group (CALIF)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Zagwijn, W H and Staalduinen, C J van den. 1960. "In" Toelichting Bij Geologische Overzichtskaarten Van Nederland. Rijks Geologische Denst. |
| Stoker, M S, Balson, P S, Long, D, and Tappin, D R. 2011. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/11/03. 48pp. |
| Van Den Toorn, J C. 1960. Een geologische excursie rond Deurne. Jaarverslag van der Geologische Stichting, 50-57. |
| Gatliff, R W, Richards, P C, Smith, K, Graham, C C, McCormac, M, Smith, N J P, Long, D, Cameron, T D J, Evans, D, Stevenson, A G, Bulat, J, and Ritchie, J D. 1994. United Kingdom offshore regional report: the geology of the central North Sea. (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) |
| Cameron, T D J, and Holmes, R. 1999. The Continental Shelf. 125-139 in A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Bowen, D Q (editor). Special Report of the Geological Society of London, No. 23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
