Code
NUOOSP
Status
Formal (Ebbing & De Lang 2003).
Lithological description
Shell banks (crags) composed in part of fossil dog whelks, tower snails, basket clams and scallops (cf. Spaink 1975).
Depositional setting
Beach (ridge) and nearshore (storm ridge; Hodgson 1989).
Definition of lower boundary
Sharp contact with shallow-marine sand and clay (Oosterhout Formation, undifferentiated).
Definition of upper boundary
Sharp contact with shallow-marine sand and clay (Oosterhout Formation, undifferentiated).
Thickness indication
Up to about 50 m. Shell layers up to about 10 m.
Geographical distribution
Southwestern Netherlands.
Regional correlation
North Sea: not distinguished; UK: Corraline Crag and Red Crag Formations (Mathers & Zalasiewicz 1988; Gibbard et al. 1998); GER: not present; BEL: Antwerp Crag.
Age
Pliocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after the village of Sprundel, close to the Belgian border in the southern Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
Ebbing, J.H.J., De Lang, F.D. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Gibbard, P.L., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Mathers, S.J. 1998. Stratigraphy of the marine Plio-Pleistocene crag deposits of East Anglia. Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, 60, 239-262.
Hodgson, G.E. 1989. Microfacies of the Late Cenozoic southern North Sea. PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia, 431 p.
Mathers, S.J., Zalasiewicz, J.A. 1988. The Red Crag and Norwich Crag formations of southern East Anglia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 99, 261-278.
Spaink, G. 1975. Zonering van het mariene Onder-Pleistoceen en Plioceen op grond van mollukenfauna's. In: Zagwijn W.H., Van Staalduinen, C.J. (eds.): Toelichting bij geologische overzichtskaarten van Nederland. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem, 118-122.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Sprundel Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/sprundel-member.