Bosscheveld Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Bosscheveld Formation

Abbreviation PBO
Parent unit none
Child units none
Lithological description Alternation of nodular shale, limestone and micaceous siltstone and sandstone, rather fossiliferous.
Age Latest Famennian (Strunian) to Tournaisian (Hastarian)
Thickness 83,5 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Seldomly distributed in the Campine Basin
Type locality Kastanjelaan-2 borehole
Alternative names none
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 Bosscheveld Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Bosscheveld-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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