Fosses Acoz Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Province:
Central Belgium (Namur)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Acoz
Lithology and Thickness
Fosses Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Green fine sandy shale grades to calcareous shale with limestone beds. Trilobites and brachiopods present. Two members: Bois de Prseles Mbr (Clayey limestone) and Faulx-les-Tombes Mbr (green sandy shale).
CALIBRATION=50% up in Fosses Fm
For more details, click Fosses Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Green fine sandy shale grades to calcareous shale with limestone beds. Trilobites and brachiopods present. Two members: Bois de Prseles Mbr (Clayey limestone) and Faulx-les-Tombes Mbr (green sandy shale).
CALIBRATION=50% up in Fosses Fm
For more details, click Fosses Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Katian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.85
Beginning date (Ma):
446.36
Ending stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.48
Ending date (Ma):
444.19
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 4.53 lat: 50.37
Compiler: