The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: La Gleize Formation
| Abbreviation | GLE |
| Parent unit | Revin Group |
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| Lithological description | In the north: black slate and silty slate (called “quartzophyllade” in the older literature); the upper part contains sometimes dolomite nodules with cone-in-cone structures; the lower part bluish-black slate with thick laminations. Some acid intrusions and lava flows can occur. In the south: graphitic slate occurs at Hebronval. |
| Age | Late Cambrian based on acritarchs (Vanguestaine, 1974). |
| Thickness | In the north: 300 m; in the south: unknown. |
| Area of occurrence | Stavelot Massif. |
| Type locality | Not yet defined; type area in the Amblève valley, along the railway section east of the abandoned station of La Gleize. |
| Alternative names | Rv5 |
| Authors | Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W., 2001. The La Gleize Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/La-Gleize-Formation |
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