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LOUWYE, S., DE CONINCK, J., VERNIERS, J. (2000) Shallow marine Lower and Middle Miocene deposits at the southern margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and depositional history. Geological Magazine, 137 (4) 381-394 doi:10.1017/s0016756800004258

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TitleShallow marine Lower and Middle Miocene deposits at the southern margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and depositional history
JournalGeological Magazine
AuthorsLOUWYE, S.Author
DE CONINCK, J.Author
VERNIERS, J.Author
Year2000 (July)Volume137
Issue4
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
DOIdoi:10.1017/s0016756800004258Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceLOUWYE, S., DE CONINCK, J., VERNIERS, J. (2000) Shallow marine Lower and Middle Miocene deposits at the southern margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and depositional history. Geological Magazine, 137 (4) 381-394 doi:10.1017/s0016756800004258
Plain TextLOUWYE, S., DE CONINCK, J., VERNIERS, J. (2000) Shallow marine Lower and Middle Miocene deposits at the southern margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and depositional history. Geological Magazine, 137 (4) 381-394 doi:10.1017/s0016756800004258
In(2000, July) Geological Magazine Vol. 137 (4) Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Abstract/NotesDetailed dinoflagellate cyst analysis of the Lower–Middle Miocene Berchem Formation at
the southernmost margin of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium) allowed a precise biostratigraphical
positioning and a reconstruction of the depositional history. The two lower members of the formation
(Edegem Sands and decalcified Kiel Sands) are biostratigraphically regarded as one unit since no
significant break within the dinocyst assemblages is observed. The base of this late (or latest)
Aquitanian–Burdigalian unit coincides with sequence boundary Aq3/Bur1 as defined by Hardenbol
and others, in work published in 1998. A hiatus at the Lower–Middle Miocene transition separates the
upper member (the Antwerpen Sands) from the underlying member. The greater part of the Antwerpen
Sands were deposited in a Langhian (latest Burdigalian?)–middle Serravallian interval. The base of this
unit coincides with sequence boundary Bur5/Lan1. Biostratigraphical correlation points to a diachronous
post-depositional decalcification within the formation since parts of the decalcified Kiel Sands
can be correlated with parts of the calcareous fossil-bearing section, up to now interpreted as
Antwerpen Sands. The dinoflagellate cyst assemblages are dominated by species with a inner neritic
preference, although higher numbers of oceanic taxa in the upper part of the formation indicate incursions
of oceanic watermasses into the confined depositional environment of the southern North Sea Basin.


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