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The geometry and stratigraphic position of the Maassluis Formation (western Netherlands and southeastern North Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

H.S.M. Jansen ,
J. Huizer ,
J.W.A. Dijkmans ,
C. Mesdag  and
J.E. van Hinte
H.S.M. Jansen*
Affiliation:
J&G Consultants J. Rosenkrantzlaan 35, 2104 CC Heemstede, The Netherlands; e-mail:strats@xs4all.nl
J. Huizer
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:j.dijkmans@nitg.tno.nl
J.W.A. Dijkmans
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:j.dijkmans@nitg.tno.nl
C. Mesdag
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:j.dijkmans@nitg.tno.nl
J.E. van Hinte
Affiliation:
de Lairessestraat 78 lh, 1071 PH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
1(corresponding author)
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The geometry and depositional history of the Maassluis Formation is described from an East-West oriented transect located in the west-central Netherlands and P- and Q-blocks in the Dutch offshore area. The Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Maassluis Formation was deposited under near coastal marine conditions. Two distinct facies are distinguished: (1) medium grained sands with a blocky GR/SP-log pattern that were deposited under intertidal and aeolian conditions and (2) medium to coarse grained sands deposited in a subtidal environment showing a clear coarsening upward trend. The lower part of the Maassluis Formation is laterally equivalent to the shallow marine Oosterhout Formation and gets progressively younger towards the West. The upper part is lateral equivalent to estuarine and mudflat deposits (Balk Member, c.q. Peize Formation) in the central part of The Netherlands and to river deposits (Peize Formation) further to the East.

Keywords

Maassluis FormationmarineLate PlioceneEarly Pleistocenedepositional model
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 93 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2004

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