The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Acoz Formation
| Abbreviation | ACO |
| Parent unit | none |
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| Lithological description | Reddish siltstone and argillaceous sandstone beds, dark reddish siltstone and shale at the base enriched upwards in reddish sandstone and metric to plurimetric beds of light-coloured quartzite, greenish, pinkish or yellowish siltstone and shale. Locally greyish to bluish shale and siltstone with rare sandstone and quartzitic sandstone interbeds. |
| Age | Pragian |
| Thickness | 0 to 400 metres |
| Area of occurrence | Northern and north-eastern limbs of the Dinant Synclinorium and in the Vesdre area. |
| Type locality | Section in the Ruisseau dHanzinne River valley south of Acoz. |
| Alternative names | Schistes dAcoz |
| Authors | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. |
| Date | 23/09/2025 |
| Cite as | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Acoz Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Acoz-Formation |
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