Upper Coevorden Member

Code
SKCFU
Status
Formal (NAM & RGD 1980). Amended (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1993).
Lithological description

Section of brownish-grey, occasionally fine-sandy claystones, which are typically much less calcareous than the Middle Coevorden Member ('t Hart 1969). Locally highly bituminous, with paper-thin lamination.

Depositional setting

Lagoonal to fresh-water lacustrine setting with repeated marine influences. Fines settled from suspension. Limestone (lumachelle/microcoquina) beds are interpreted as storm deposits or hardgrounds.

Definition of lower boundary

Upward drop in resistivity-log readings with the Middle Coevorden Member.

Definition of upper boundary

Either the silty marl/limestone succession of the Middle Coevorden Member or the basal, generally glauconitic beds of the Rijnland Group.

Thickness indication
Generally less than 100 m, but up to 170 m in LOS-02.
Geographical distribution
Regional correlation
UK: ?; GER: Bückeberg Formation (Wealden); BEL: -.
Age
Berriasian - earliest Valanginian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
944 - 1041 m (97 m)
Hypostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
1644 - 1653 m (9 m)
Origin of name
Named after the town of Coevorden in the southeastern part of the Dutch province of Drente.
Previous name(s)
Originally Upper Coevorden Clay Member.
Reviewed by (date)
Sander Houben (2017).
References
‘t Hart, B.B. 1969. Die Oberjura- und Unterkreide-Sedimentation in den nördlichen und östlichen Niederlanden - Erdöl und Kohle, Erdgas, Petrochemie, 22, p. 253-261.
NAM & RGD 1980. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap 32, 77 p.
Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1993. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands; revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section G, Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-80..
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Upper Coevorden Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/upper-coevorden-member.