The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Saint-Pierre Gravel Formation
Abbreviation | SPR |
Parent unit | Hainaut Group |
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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. |
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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 |