The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Warinsart Formation
Abbreviation
WAS
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Subdivided into three members: the unnamed lower member (old: Rv5a): black fine-grained slate; the unnamed middle member (old: Rv5b): some thick bedded grey quartzite beds; the unnamed upper member (old: Rv5c): black fine-grained slate alternating with thin beds of quartzite (Beugnies, 1960).
Age
No palaeontological data collected; this formation is correlated by Beugnies (1960) on lithological grounds with the upper part of the Revin Group and the lower part of the Salm Group. However, Geukens and Richter (1962) restrict the entire formation to only the Revin Group.
Thickness
Upper mbr: 150 m, middle mbr: 20 m, lower mbr: 600 m (Beugnies, 1960).
Area of occurrence
Serpont Massif.
Type locality
Not yet defined; type area in the sections along the railway Namur-Arlon, west of the Bois de Warinsart.
Alternative names
Rv5
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 Warinsart Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Warinsart-Formation
