Boom Mol Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
N Central Belgium (Antwerp)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Mol
Lithology and Thickness
Boom Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, Open shelf sea depositional environment. Grey, silty clay or clayey silt. Glauconite and pyrite present. Putte Mbr consists of clay.
CALIBRATION=66% of Boom Fm
For more details, click Boom Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 2006
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LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, Open shelf sea depositional environment. Grey, silty clay or clayey silt. Glauconite and pyrite present. Putte Mbr consists of clay.
CALIBRATION=66% of Boom Fm
For more details, click Boom Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 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:
0.2
Beginning date (Ma):
32.58
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.8
Ending date (Ma):
28.61
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:  
Additional Information
long: 5.12 lat: 51.18
Compiler: