The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Hainin Formation
| Abbreviation | https://ncs-old.naturalsciences.be/paleogene-neogene/223-hainin-formation-ha |
| Parent unit | Formal |
| Child units | Haine Group |
| Lithological description | |
| Age | The sediments are from lacustrine – continental origin and consist of lime-stones, grey and white marls, black clays and lignites, and some sands. They rest in the Mons region on the limestones of the Mons Fm. |
| Thickness | Early Selandian. |
| Area of occurrence | Approximately 30 m. |
| Type locality | The formation is known in outcrops and boreholes in the region of Hainin and St.-Ghislain (western part of the Mons Basin), and only in boreholes in the region of Mons and Ghlin. |
| Alternative names | Outcrop along the railroad from Mons to Quiévrain, between Boussu and Thulin. Sheet 45/5-6 (Quiévrain – Saint-Ghislain). The borehole HA1 (1970) near the outcrop penetrated about 30 m of the Hainin Fm. Co-ordinates: x = 107.25, y = 124.89, z = +26 m. |
| Authors | |
| Date | Le Hardy de Beaulieu (1861), Robaszynski (1988c) |
| Cite as | Laga, P., Louwye S. & Geets, S., 2001. The Hainin Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hainin-Formation |
