The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Petites Tailles Formation
| Abbreviation | PET |
| Parent unit | none |
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| Lithological description | Massive greenish to whitish quartzitic sandstone, conglomeratic and coarse-grained sandstone passing upwards to greenish to dark grey slaty shale and quartzophyllade. |
| Age | Pridoli or Lochkovian |
| Thickness | Unknown, probably a few tens of metres |
| Area of occurrence | The Formation is only known from small outliers on the southern margin of the Stavelot Venn Inlier (Baraque Fraiture area). |
| Type locality | Scattered outcrops around the Petites Tailles village. |
| Alternative names | none |
| Authors | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. |
| Date | 23/09/2025 |
| Cite as | Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Petites Tailles Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Petites-Tailles-Formation |
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