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3.2.6. Oostwinkel Formation - OW

 

Authors: De Moor & Heyse, 1974.

Description: Sandy, loamy fine sandy and peaty-loamy deposits of a meandering river system. The sandy layers contain locally Corbicula fluminalis and Theodoxus fluviatilis.

Stratotype: Berlare (De Moor & Heyse, 1974), Grimbergen (Grimbergen Member - Bogemans, 1993).

Area: Schelde basin.

Thickness: 5m and more.

Age: Upper Pleistocene, Eemian.