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Gras, R.; Geluk, Mark

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“…Compression caused the inversion of many Cimmerian basins (Vejbaek et al, 2010), including the Roer Valley Graben, north of South Limburg. In the Campanian and perhaps even in the early Maastrichtian, the inverted, subaerially exposed 'graben' acted as a sediment source and as a barrier for faunal migration (Bless et al, 1987;Gras & Geluk, 1999). In the late Maastrichtian, as relative sea level rose, the inverted basin became an area of sediment accumulation again (Bless et al, 1987(Bless et al, , 1993.…”

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“…The formation dips gently (∼4°) towards the north-northwest and its thickness varies between 45 and 90 m (Felder & Bosch, 2000; Robaszynski et al, 2002). In the Netherlands, the formation is also present in the subsurface in the Roer Valley Graben (Bless et al, 1993) and the Peel Block (Gras & Geluk, 1999). The formation is absent in other parts of the Netherlands, where its lateral equivalent is the upper part of the epeiric-pelagic Ommelanden Formation; the lateral transition between the two formations is poorly defined, however.…”

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Facies characterisation and stratigraphy of the upper Maastrichtian to lower Danian Maastricht Formation, South Limburg, the Netherlands

Kroth,

Trabucho-Alexandre,

Pimenta

et al. 2024

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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The Maastricht Formation is a mostly calcarenitic unit that belongs to the Chalk Group but is unlike the typical North Sea chalk in that it is much coarser and at times contains a significant terrigenous component. The formation was deposited between the late Maastrichtian and the early Danian in a proximal zone of the Chalk Sea immediately north of the Anglo-Brabant and Rhenish massifs. The formation crops out in South Limburg, the Netherlands, in the German state of North Rhine–Westphalia, near Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), and in the Belgian provinces of Liège and Limburg, and it is present in the subsurface in the Campine Basin and in the Roer Valley Graben, in Belgium and the Netherlands. The often spectacular fossil content of the Maastricht Formation has been extensively studied but its sedimentological aspects remain understudied. Indeed, the lithostratigraphy of the formation is largely informal and based on the abundance and morphology of flint and on the quantification of fossil content. The paucity of facies studies and the lack of a lithostratigraphic framework based on modern facies studies hampers stratigraphic correlation between outcrops and, more importantly, boreholes. A facies characterisation and facies-based lithostratigraphic framework of the Maastricht Formation in South Limburg is particularly urgent because groundwater is abstracted from aquifers in the formation and geological models currently in place fail to predict facies heterogeneity and, consequently, aquifer properties. We studied eight outcrops of the Maastricht Formation across South Limburg and carried out a (micro)facies analysis of the outcrops. We show that the Maastricht Formation can be subdivided into three lithofacies and five microfacies. The lithofacies reflect the traditional subdivision of the formation into Maastricht and Kunrade limestones. Our results suggest that the current subdivision of the Maastricht Formation into six members is untenable. The formation is best subdivided into lower and upper members. The Kunrade limestone should be afforded the status of formation. We interpret the Maastricht Formation as having been deposited in an epeiric ramp, in which facies distribution was controlled by water temperature, nutrient levels and storminess. The (micro)facies of the Maastricht Formation can be organised into two depositional stages: stage 1, representing the lower part of the formation, is characterised by heterozoan carbonates deposited under cooler, mesotrophic conditions in a nutrient-rich, more proximal region of the epeiric sea; stage 2 is characterised by heterozoan-photozoan carbonates deposited in a warmer and stormier environment with slightly lower nutrient levels.

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Section: The Maastricht Formationmentioning

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Section: The Maastricht Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facies characterisation and stratigraphy of the upper Maastrichtian to lower Danian Maastricht Formation, South Limburg, the Netherlands

Kroth,

Trabucho-Alexandre,

Pimenta

et al. 2024

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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A comparison of burial, maturity and temperature histories of selected wells from sedimentary basins in The Netherlands

Nelskamp

David²,

Littke

2007

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Sedimentary basins in The Netherlands contain significant amounts of hydrocarbon resources, which developed in response to temperature and pressure history during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times. Quantification and modelling of burial, maturity and temperature histories are the major goals of this study, allowing for a better understanding of the general geological evolution of the different basins as well as petroleum generation. All major basins in The Netherlands encountered at least one time of inversion and therefore moderate to high amounts of erosion. In order to determine the amount of inversion the basins have experienced, a 1D study was performed on 20 wells within three basins (West Netherlands, Central Netherlands and Lower Saxony Basins). New vitrinite reflectance values were obtained and existing data re-evaluated to gain a good data base. The burial histories of six wells, two for each studied basin, are presented here, to demonstrate the differences in basin evolution that led to their present shape and petroleum potential. The Permo-Triassic subsidence phase can be recognized in all three basins, but with varying intensity. In the Jurassic, the basins experienced different relative movements that culminated in the Cretaceous when the influence of the inversion caused erosion of up to 2,500 m. Most wells show deepest burial at present-day, whereas the timing of maximum temperature differs significantly.

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The Late Oligocene to Early Miocene early evolution of rifting in the southwestern part of the Roer Valley Graben

Deckers

2015

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Cited by 25 publications

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Facies characterisation and stratigraphy of the upper Maastrichtian to lower Danian Maastricht Formation, South Limburg, the Netherlands

Facies characterisation and stratigraphy of the upper Maastrichtian to lower Danian Maastricht Formation, South Limburg, the Netherlands

A comparison of burial, maturity and temperature histories of selected wells from sedimentary basins in The Netherlands

The Late Oligocene to Early Miocene early evolution of rifting in the southwestern part of the Roer Valley Graben

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