The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Hainaut Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Veldwezelt Formation |
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| Lithological description | Yellowish loess with five tundra gleys, including large ice wedge pseudomorphs (Haesaerts et al., 1981; Juvigné et al., 1996; Meijs, 2002). On top, large gully systems with stratified sands and loess. The upper part is affected by pedogenesis of the “Rocourt Soil” (Gullentops, 1954), which is a pedocomplex encompassing three distinct pedogeneses from Luvisol to Greyzem, respectively the Harmignies, Villers Saint-Ghislain A and Villers Saint-Ghislain B soils (Haesaerts & Van Vliet-Lanoë, 1981; Van Vliet-Lanoë, 1986; Haesaerts et al.,1999; Pirson et al., 2009). We therefore propose here to rename the “Rocourt Soil” as the “Rocourt Pedocomplex”. |
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| Type locality | Eben-Emael (western wall of the CBR chalk quarry at Romont; 50°47’27”N / 5°38’37”E). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E. |
| Date | 07/12/2011 |
| Cite as | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E., 2011. The Hainaut Member, 07/12/2011. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hainaut-Member |
