The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Pommeroeul Greensand Formation
| Abbreviation | POM |
| Parent unit | Haine Green Sandstone Group |
| Child unit | |
| Lithological description | Conglomerates of Palaeozoicrocks, coarse sands, fine sands and sandstonescolouredby grass green ferruginous clays (a very characteristic shade of green). A few levels contain lignites, which are probably reworked from continental deposits (Wealden facies). The marine fauna is very poor. |
| Age | Middle Albian on the basis of Actinoceramus concentricus, Hoplites sp. near the top of the formation. |
| Thickness | 23 m in the Harchies pit. |
| Area of occurrence | This formation is found only in the deepest parts of the Mons Basin, in the subsiding zones of Harchies and Pommeroeul. It represents the oldest portion part of the Cretaceous transgression in the Basin. |
| Type locality | Disused pits at Harchies (Marlière, 1939). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M., 2001. The Pommeroeul Greensand Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Pommeroeul-Greensand-Formation |
