The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Lanaken Formation
| Abbreviation | Ln |
| Parent unit | Meuse Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Strong uplift caused rapid incision of the Meuse and fixed a northern course. Terraces are preserved along the valley walls, the youngest being the Caberg terrace, and in large cut-off incised meanders downstream of Visé. |
| Age | Middle Pleistocene, Upper “Cromerian” to Early Saalian |
| Thickness | |
| Area of occurrence | Lower Meuse Valley. |
| Type locality | Albert Canal sections from Vroenhoven to Lanaken. |
| Alternative names | |
| 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 Lanaken Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lanaken-Formation |
