Print Email Facebook Twitter The geometry and stratigraphic position of the Maassluis Formation (western Netherlands and southeastern North Sea) Title The geometry and stratigraphic position of the Maassluis Formation (western Netherlands and southeastern North Sea) Author Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO Jansen, H.S.M. Huizer, J. Dijkmans, J.W.A. Mesdag, C. van Hinte, J.E. Publication year 2004 Abstract 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. Subject Energy / Geological Survey NetherlandsGeological Survey NetherlandsDepositional modelEarly pleistoceneLate PlioceneMaassluis FormationMarinedepositional environmenthydrocarbon explorationPliocenestratigraphic correlationAtlantic OceanNorth Seaoceanic regionsWorld To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:439da833-8435-41f4-84f9-4411b83c0a8b TNO identifier 237812 ISSN 0016-7746 Source Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 83 (83), 93-100 Document type article Files PDF jansen-2004-geometry.pdf