Saint-Pierre Gravel Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Saint-Pierre Gravel Formation

Abbreviation SPR
Parent unit Hainaut Group
Child unit
Lithological description Coarse- and fine-grained white sands, gravel, eroded pebbles, conglomerates, silty beds, torrential and deltaic deposits with cross-bedded stratification.
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Type locality In the former Château St.-Pierre quarry at Thieu and in the foundation pits of the sluices at the Strépy-Bracquegnies ships-lift.
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 Saint-Pierre Gravel Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Saint-Pierre-Gravel-Formation

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