The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Corroy Formation Abbreviation COY Parent unit Child units Lithological description Mudslate, mudstone, siltstone and fine sandstone, alternating in thin beds, decimetric to a few cm thick. The sandstone is light-coloured, obliquely stratified, sometimes convolute bedding, with often undulating base...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Oxhe Formation Abbreviation OXH Parent unit Child units Lithological description Black micaceous shale with isolated black quartzite beds (Dewalque, 1894); blackish, micaceous and fossiliferous quartzite and black shale (Malaise, 1900); blackish green coarse shale with greenish quartzite intercalations (Martin,...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Petit Roeulx Formation Abbreviation PER Parent unit Child units Lithological description Cleaved mudstones and siltstone (called “phyllades” in older literature), with decimetric beds of obliquely stratified sandstone and other thin sandstone beds; variable colours from unweathered greenish grey, dark...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Steenkerque Formation Abbreviation STK Parent unit Child units Lithological description Cleaved mudstone and siltstone, dark grey when unweathered, frequently altered in light beige or brownish beige. Millimetric interbeds of fine sandstone or coarse siltstone are rare and mostly absent....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Froide Fontaine Formation Abbreviation FRF Parent unit Child units Lithological description Cleaved mudstone and siltstone, of greenish grey to dark grey unweathered colours, with additionally decimetric beds of obliquely stratified rather coarse sandstone; often micaceous, a typical feature of...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Les Vallées Formation Abbreviation LVA Parent unit Child units Lithological description Grey mudslate, mudstone, siltstone and fine sandstone with non-calcareous quartzic pelite in the e-divisions; alternating distal turbidites with thin bedded laminated hemipelagites. In the lower 125 m the...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vissoul Formation Abbreviation VSS Parent unit Child units Lithological description Grey mudslate, mudstone, siltstone and fine sandstone with non-calcareous quartzic pelite in the e-divisions. Sedimentology: alternating distal to slightly proximal turbidites with thin bedded laminated hemipelagites; the Tde sequences...
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...
