Lanklaar Formation

The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Lanklaar Formation

Abbreviation Lk
Parent unit Meuse Group
Child units
Lithological description A series of low terrace gravels in the valley bottom, gravel base below the modern alluvial plain. Mostly fine gravel with sand lenses. Considerably impoverished Meuse by loss of its Vosges headwaters. A number of allostratigraphic Members are distinguished.
Age From Middle Pleistocene, Upper Saalian to Upper Pleistocene, Late Weichselian
Thickness
Area of occurrence Lower Meuse Valley.
Type locality Lower Meuse valley, Lanklaar area.
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 Lanklaar Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lanklaar-Formation

Quaternary

We are using cookies to give you the best experience. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in privacy settings.
AcceptPrivacy Settings

GDPR