The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Warinsart Formation Abbreviation WAS Parent unit Child units Lithological description Subdivided into three members: the unnamed lower member (old: Rv5a): black fine-grained slate; the unnamed middle member (old: Rv5b): some thick bedded grey quartzite beds; the unnamed upper member...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Dave Formation Abbreviation DAV Parent unit Child units Lithological description In the type area: bluish black shale, often fine micaceous or sandy, locally calcareous; around Fosses and Tihange black shale and mudstone with thin dark micaceous siltstone or sandstone...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Petites Tailles Formation Abbreviation PET Parent unit Salm Group Child units Lithological description Whitish quartzitic sandstone, often breccia, compact bedded chloritic slate and conglomeratic sandstone with greenish shale pebbles. Age Without macrofossils and only long-ranging acritarchs present (Vanguestaine, unpublished);...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Naninne Formation Abbreviation NAN Parent unit Child units Lithological description Laminated mudstone, generally calcareous, with some micaceous siltstone or fine sandstone intercalations (Michot, 1954; Martin, 1969a); laminated fine sandy or silty shale, blue-grey, green, greenish grey or brownish grey,...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Deville Group Abbreviation Dv Parent unit Child units For the Stavelot Massif: Bellevaux Formation, Hour Formation For the Rocroi Massif: La Longue-Haie Formation, Les 4 Fils Aymon Formation Lithological description For the Stavelot Massif: Greenish, purplish and grey coloured...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Fumal Formation Abbreviation FUM Parent unit Child units Lithological description Grey mudslate, mudstone, siltstone and fine sandstone with quartzic pelite in the e-divisions. Sedimentology: three types of sequential patterns occur: (a) thick Tde sequences (average between 24 and 28...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vichenet Formation Abbreviation VCH Parent unit Child units Lithological description Grey mudslate, mudstone, siltstone and rare fine sandstone with often calcareous quartzic-chloritic pelite in the thick e-divisions; alternating distal thick-bedded turbidites with thin-bedded laminated hemipelagites. In the Mehaigne area...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Ronquières Formation Abbreviation RON Parent unit Child units Lithological description Dominated by grey mud-grade turbidites with compact or finely parallel laminated, fine silty slate and mudstone with quartzic pelites in the e-divisions, finely parallel laminated or obliquely stratified very...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bellegem Formation Abbreviation BLG Parent unit Child units Lithological description Dark to medium grey mostly shale and mudstone (compact bedded), also siltstone and fine sandstone (laminated or obliquely stratified), deposited as distal turbidites and less frequently as laminated hemipelagites;...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Rekkem Formation Abbreviation REK Parent unit Child units Lithological description Dark and medium grey, silty and clayey shale, with no sandstone present; compact, laminated or obliquely stratified; deposited as distal turbidites; 82% of the sequences are Tde, with a...
