The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Longues Royes Formation
Abbreviation
LGR
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Green silty shale and micaceous siltstone including a few darker beds; the amount of micaceous siltstones increases towards the top; lower boundary not observed, upper boundary with the Montcheret Fm.
Age
Ludlow and/or Pridoli, based on spores (Steemans, unpublished data in Delcambre & Pingot, in press b).
Thickness
Poorly known, at least 150-180 m (if section is not faulted).
Area of occurrence
In the western part of the Condroz inlier along the Ri d’Acoz valley, in a part supposed to belong to the paraautochtonous northern part of the Condroz inlier.
Type locality
Outcrops along the Ri d’Acoz valley, south of Bouffioulx, Charleroi.
Alternative names
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 Longues Royes Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Longues-Royes-Formation
