The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Messancy Formation
Abbreviation
MES
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Grey silty or silty-sandy laminar marl. The boundary between Ethe and Messancy Formations corresponds to the first sandy bed.
Age
Messancy Formation is dated from Upper Pliensbachian Amaltheus margaritatus ammonite Zone (Maubeuge, 1954, 1971).
Thickness
In the area of Messancy, the formation reaches approximately 35 m in thickness. In the west of Belgian Lorraine, Messancy and Aubange Formations together total between 35 and 40 m. In Latour borehole, Messancy Formation has a thickness of 8 m.
Area of occurrence
Belgian Lorraine.
Type locality
Latour borehole.
Alternative names
Authors
Boulvain, F., Belanger, I., Delsate, D., Ghysel, P., Godefrout, P., Laloux, M., Monteyne, R. & Roche, M.
Date
01/01/2001
Cite as
Boulvain, F., Belanger, I., Delsate, D., Ghysel, P., Godefrout, P., Laloux, M., Monteyne, R. & Roche, M., 2001. The Messancy Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Messancy-Formation
