The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Hergenrath Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Aachen Formation |
| Child unit | |
| Lithological description | Alternation of light to dark grey, sandy and silty clays with silty and clayey, light grey fine to coarse-grained sands, with subordinate fine-grained gravel, silts, minor red clays and ferruginous horizons. Locally, with large quantities of wood debris, marcasite and pyrite concretions. Root horizons are common, and in part they are associated with lignite deposits, especially in the upper part. |
| Age | |
| Thickness | 10-35m |
| Area of occurrence | |
| Type locality | Schampelheide quarry at Kelmis (La Calamine), Liège province. |
| 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 Hergenrath Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hergenrath-Member |
