The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Mirwart Formation
| Abbreviation | MIR |
| Parent unit | none |
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| Lithological description | Greenish, bluish or beige quartzite, quartzitic sandstone occurring in metre- to plurimetre-thick beds, commonly lenticular and limited by undulating surfaces, alternating with siltstone and shale. The sandstone displays abundant sedimentary structures. Locally, shaly and slaty lithologies are dominant. |
| Age | Lochkovian to Pragian |
| Thickness | 300 to 2000 metres |
| Area of occurrence | Southern and south-eastern margin of the Dinant Synclinorium, Ardenne Anticlinorium, Neufchâteau-Eifel Synclinorium. |
| Type locality | Sections along the NamurArlon railway near Mirwart. |
| Alternative names | Grès dAnor, Schistes et Quartzites de Nouzon, Schistes de Tournay, formations de Morhet et de Verlaine, Monshau-Schishten |
| Authors | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. |
| Date | 23/09/2025 |
| Cite as | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Mirwart Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Mirwart-Formation |
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