The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Lixhe Formation
| Abbreviation | Lx |
| Parent unit | Meuse Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Largely developed high terraces with thick gravel deposits with around 50% of new Ardennes material. Some Members are very coarse indicating much higher discharge due to melt-water run-off in colder conditions on a rising Ardennes plateau. Reddish brown weathering colours. From Liège the new direction to the NNE causes deposition of gravel fans in Dutch Limburg. |
| Age | Lower Pleistocene, mostly estimated pre-Jaramillo. |
| Thickness | |
| Area of occurrence | Lower Meuse Valley. |
| Type locality | Lixhe chalk quarry, capped by thick terrace gravel. |
| 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 Lixhe Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lixhe-Formation |
