The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Röt Formation
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Altena Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Red, partly bleached sandstones and shales, partly with gypsum nodules and veins, with subordinate gypsum beds and grey marls. Top: passing into Muschelkalk Formation; base: overlying Bree member of Buntsandstein Formation. |
| Age | Lower/Middle Triassic (Scythian/Anisian) transition , unspecified. |
| Thickness | ca. 125 m. |
| Area of occurrence | Roer Valley Graben; removed by erosion from Campine Basin . |
| Type locality | Parastratotypes in Belgium: well KB3l Elen, well KB64 Rotem. |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Dusar, M., Langenaeker, V. & Wouters, L. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Dusar, M., Langenaeker, V. & Wouters, L., 2001. The Röt Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Rot-Formation |
