The stratigraphical position of the Edegem Sands Member (Berchem Formation, Miocene) in its type area at Wilrijk (N Belgium), based on planktonic foraminifera

  • H.J.F. Hooyberghs Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Afdeling Historische Geologie, Laboratorium voor Paleontologie, Redingenstraat 16, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Keywords: Early Miocene, Aquitanian, Biozone N4

Abstract

The glauconitic and fossiliferous Edegem Sands Member of the Berchem Formation (Miocene) in northern Belgium contains 25 different taxa of planktonic foraminifera. The presence of Globorotalia kugleri and Globigerinoides primordius allows to assign an Aquitanian age (Early Miocene) to the member. More accurately, this presence allows a correlation with Biozone N4, defined in tropical regions by Blow (1969,1979).

Published
1996-01-01
How to Cite
H.J.F. Hooyberghs. (1996). The stratigraphical position of the Edegem Sands Member (Berchem Formation, Miocene) in its type area at Wilrijk (N Belgium), based on planktonic foraminifera. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 75, 33-42. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12354
Issue
Volume 75 - 1996
Section
Regular paper
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