Fosses Member

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The full formal description is available here: Fosses Member

Abbreviation AdF
Parent unit Ardennes Formation
Child units
Lithological description Layered, rhythmic deposits of calibrated frost shattered debris, mostly shales, deposited in openwork laminae by snow meltwaters.
Age Snow-rich periglacial phases of Middle Pleistocene, Saalian and Upper Pleistocene,Weichselian.
Thickness
Area of occurrence Middle and Upper part of Belgium.
Type locality Fosses (Gullentops, 1952).
Alternative names
Authors Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A.
Date 01/01/2001
Cite as Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A., 2001. The Fosses Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Fosses-Member

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