The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Mons Formation
| Abbreviation | https://ncs-old.naturalsciences.be/paleogene-neogene/222-mons-formation-mo |
| Parent unit | Formal |
| Child units | Haine Group |
| Lithological description | |
| Age | The Mons limestone is a pale, marine limestone, friable or sometimes very coherent; it contains a very abundant neritic macrofauna. An erosional surface separates the Mons Fm from the Spiennes Chalk in the borehole of the stratotype. A clear superposition of the Mons limestone on the sediments of the Ciply Fm has never been demonstrated. |
| Thickness | Middle and Late Danian. |
| Area of occurrence | Strongly fluctuating, from 15 to nearly 70 m. |
| Type locality | The central part of the Mons Basin, only in boreholes. |
| Alternative names | “Goffint” pit at Mons (cf. Cornet & Briart, 1865), “Coppée” pit at Mons (cf. Cornet & Briart, 1865; Robaszynski, 1981). Mons borehole (cf. Marlière, 1977). Sheet 45/7-8 (Mons – Givry). Co-ordinates: x = 123.10, y = 128.14, z = +56.8 m. |
| Authors | |
| Date | Dewalque (1868), Robaszynski (1988b) |
| Cite as | Laga, P., Louwye S. & Geets, S., 2001. The Mons Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Mons-Formation |
