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Marine Miocene deposits in the Maaseik well 49W/220 in eastern Belgium: biostratigraphy by means of various microfossil groups.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

H. Hooyberghs ,
K. Wouters  and
D. Spiegler
H. Hooyberghs
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Redingenstraat 16, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
K. Wouters
Affiliation:
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Vautierstraat 29, Brussels, Belgium
D. Spiegler
Affiliation:
Geomar Forschungszentrum der CAU, Wischhofstrasse 1–3, Gebäude 4, D-24148 Kiel, Germany

Abstract

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A micropalaeontological analysis (foraminifera, ostracoda and bolboforma) has been undertaken for the interval between 299.7 and 201.5m of the Maaseik borehole. This interval includes marine glauconitic sands, which are generally not or not strongly decalcified. Independent from each other, the observed taxa of the different microfossil groups indicate a Late (range down to Middle) Miocene age for the interval. On the base of the biozonations of the various microfossil groups, some correlations can be presented with Late Miocene deposits of other areas in Belgium (Antwerp and Campine area), and of other places in NW Europe.

Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 33 - 40
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2004

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