The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Sautou Formation
Abbreviation
SAU
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Thick beds of black pyritic quartzite of 5 to 10 m thick, separated by layers of coarse sandy and silty slate, or more rarely of graphitic fine slate or of chloritoid-bearing slate (Beugnies, 1960).
Age
Unfossiliferous: undated till now.
Thickness
250 m (Beugnies, 1960).
Area of occurrence
Givonne Massif.
Type locality
Not yet defined; type area in the outcrops east and north of the Sautou castle, north-east of Bosseval, specially in the Terne de la Borne valley.
Alternative names
Rv4
Authors
Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W.
Date
01/01/2001
Cite as
Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W., 2001. The Sautou Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Sautou-Formation
