Heers Campine Basin-Maasmelchen Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
NW Belgium (Maastricht)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Campine Basin-Maasmelchen
Lithology and Thickness
Heers Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, consists of whitish-grey calcereous marl. Glauconite present at bottom of formation. Leaf imprints abundant. Gelinden Mbr consists of marl.
CALIBRATION=50% of Heers Fm
For more details, click Heers Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 2006
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LITHOLOGY=Marine unit, consists of whitish-grey calcereous marl. Glauconite present at bottom of formation. Leaf imprints abundant. Gelinden Mbr consists of marl.
CALIBRATION=50% of Heers Fm
For more details, click Heers Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 2006
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Lithology Pattern:
Shallow-marine marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.4
Beginning date (Ma):
60.69
Ending stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1
Ending date (Ma):
59.24
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.73 lat: 51
Compiler: