The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Fosses Member
Abbreviation | AdF |
Parent unit | Ardennes Formation |
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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). |
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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 |