Boom Tongeren--Liege-Limburg--Ombret Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
East Belgium (Liege)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Tongeren--Liege-Limburg--Ombret
Lithology and Thickness
Boom Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, Open shelf sea depositional environment. Grey, silty clay or clayey silt. Glauconite and pyrite present.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 66% up in Rupelian
For more details, click Boom Fm.
REFERENCE=Simaeys & Vandeberghe, 2006
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LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, Open shelf sea depositional environment. Grey, silty clay or clayey silt. Glauconite and pyrite present.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 66% up in Rupelian
For more details, click Boom Fm.
REFERENCE=Simaeys & Vandeberghe, 2006
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Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.45
Beginning date (Ma):
30.93
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.81
Ending date (Ma):
28.54
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.45 lat: 50.77
Compiler: