The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Sint-Huibrechts-Hern Formation
| Abbreviation | Sh |
| Parent unit | Tongeren Group |
| Child units | Grimmertingen Member, Neerrepen Member |
| Lithological description | This marine (epicontinental) deposit starts with glauconiferous and micaceous, more or less clayey, fine sands, locally very fossiliferous. It is covered by finely laminated glauconiferous sand, passing into white homogeneous sand; at the base occurs a hardened and oxidized shell layer. |
| Age | Early Oligocene. |
| Thickness | Approximately 25-30 m. |
| Area of occurrence | The formation is found in the eastern part of Belgium, east of the Dijle Valley and till the north of Limburg, with some outliers between the Zenne and the Dijle Valleys, especially on the hilltops, southeast and east of Brussels. |
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| Authors | Laga, P., Louwye S. & Geets, S. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Laga, P., Louwye S. & Geets, S., 2001. The Sint-Huibrechts-Hern Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Sint-Huibrechts-Hern-Formation |
