Bois de la Rocq Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Bois de la Rocq Formation

Abbreviation BDR
Parent unit Samme Group
Child units none
Lithological description Reddish shale and sandstone with locally a basal conglomerate, passing upwards yellowish sandstone with carbonate cement.
Age Late to latest Famennian
Thickness 50 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Brabant Parautochthon from Western Flandres to the Ligne River valley, then reappearing eastwards between the Orneau River and Somme River valleys.
Type locality Disused Bois de la Rocq quarry along the Samme River north of Feluy.
Alternative names Psammite de la Roq, complexe arénacé basal or séquence de base arénacée
Authors Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E., 2025. The Bois de la Rocq Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Bois-de-la-Rocq-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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