The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Emael Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Maastricht Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Poorly indurated white-yellowish and yellowish-brown, fine- to coarse-grained, homogeneous “chalk”, in its lower portion with numerous light grey flint nodules; typical are large, regular flat and pipe-shaped flint bodies. In the east, this homogeneous “chalk” changes into alternation of more or less indurated chalk beds, which form the highest part of the so-called ‘Kunrade limestone’. |
| Age | |
| Thickness | Between about 5 and 7.5 m |
| Area of occurrence | |
| Type locality | Stratotype: Marnebel quarry, Emael, Bassenge, Liège (co-ordinates 310.850/175.050). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M., 2001. The Emael Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Emael-Member |
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