Rijn Member

Code
KNNSI
Status
Formal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1993).
Lithological description

White to greyish-orange sandstone, very fine-, rarely up to very coarse-grained, slightly calcareous, argillaceous, locally with abundant glauconite and mollusc shells. In general the interval is intensely bioturbated. Few intercalated thin beds of olive-grey, silty mudstone. On GR logs the member appears as a thick sequence with relatively high readings, resulting from the high clay- and glauconite-content. The member shows considerable variations in thickness.

Depositional setting

Offshore shoal-bars and/or transgressive sheet-sands.

Definition of lower boundary

Unconformably rests upon Triassic or Lower/Middle Jurassic sediments, or upon the lignitic heterolithics of the Delfland Subgroup (Nieuwerkerk or Breeveertien formations).

Definition of upper boundary

Upper boundary is well-defined at the top of the marine sandstone body.

Thickness indication
100 - 200 m.
Geographical distribution
Regional correlation
UK: Valhall Formation; GER: ~Minden-Braunschweig-Gruppe; BEL: -.
Age
middle - late Hauterivian.
Holostratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
1957 - 1986 m (29 m)
Parastratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
2052 - 2228 m (176 m)
Origin of name
Named after the Rijn oil field, which produces from this interval in block P15.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Sander Houben (2017).
References
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]). Rijn Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/rijn-member.