The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Serpont Formation
Abbreviation
SRP
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Black coarse-grained slate and silty slate (called “quartzophyllade” in the older literature), very rich in ilmenite and chloritoid crystals (small to 4 mm in size); the base of the unit is not observed (Beugnies, 1960).
Age
No palaeontological data collected; Geukens and Richter (1962) place this formation partly as an equivalent of the Salm Group.
Thickness
At least 250 m (Beugnies, 1960).
Area of occurrence
Serpont Massif.
Type locality
Not yet defined; type area in the outcrops along the N89 (Saint-Hubert -Recogne).
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 Serpont Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Serpont-Formation
