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Houthem Formation

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On the type locality of the Maastrichtian (Dumont, 1849), the upper boundary of that stage and on the transgression of a Maastrichtian s.l. in Southern Limburg
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Lithology and biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene carbonates in the Molenbeersel borehole (NE Belgium)
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Lithostratigrafie van het Boven-Krijt en het Dano-Montien in Zuid-Limburg en het aangrenzende gebied
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The Houthem Formation consists of maximally 30 metres of light grey to light yellow calcareous
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Dutch stratigraphers see the Houthem Formation as the youngest formation of the
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The hardgrounds make it possible to subdivide the formation into three
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Toelichting bij de geologische overzichtskaarten van Nederland
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Paleogene and Neogene lithostratigraphic units (Belgium)
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Bless, M.J.M.; Dusar, M.; Felder, P.J. & Swennen, R.
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Dutch
Houthem
geological formation
crops out
Belgian
Dutch Limburg
borings
Campine Basin
calcareous
sandstone
Paleocene
epoch
arenites
concretions
fossils
hardgrounds
boundstone
red algae
members
Geleen Member
Bunde Member
Geulhem Member
Chalk Group
Hesbaye Group
Vroenhoven Horizon
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
Cretaceous
Maastricht Formation
Opglabbeek Formation

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