The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Habay Formation
Abbreviation
HAB
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Alternation of conglomerate, sand, argillaceous sand, conglomeratic dolomite and clay, generally brick-red, sometimes greenish. This unit, with a marked continental character, rests unconformably on the Devonian basement. Its thickness is, consequently, locally variable.
Age
Until now, no dating method has provided a specific age of the formation. Depending on the authors, it is assigned a Permian or a Triassic age.
Thickness
Its thickness increases gradually towards the east and the south to reach about 30 m at the meridian of Attert. Near the French border, the formation displays about the same thickness in subsurface (Latour borehole).
Area of occurrence
The formation outcrops in the north of Belgian Lorraine. It still appears westerly of the Rossignol meridian, down to the Chiny Forest.
Type locality
Latour borehole.
Alternative names
Authors
Boulvain, F., Belanger, I., Delsate, D., Ghysel, P., Godefrout, P., Laloux, M., Monteyne, R. & Roche, M.
Date
01/01/2001
Cite as
Boulvain, F., Belanger, I., Delsate, D., Ghysel, P., Godefrout, P., Laloux, M., Monteyne, R. & Roche, M., 2001. The Habay Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Habay-Formation
