Helchteren Campine Basin-Maasmelchen Fm
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Province:
NW Belgium (Maastricht)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Campine Basin-Maasmelchen
Lithology and Thickness
Helchteren Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Composed of five members, a basal conglomerate (lag deposit), shallow marine silty carbonates (dominant lithology), grey/red silty mudstones (with lagoon fauna), sandstones (beach/barrier island), Red claystone/siltstone
CALIBRATION=Upper three sandy-clayey members assigned as upper third of Fm.
For more details, click Helchteren Fm.
REFERENCE=Dusar et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Composed of five members, a basal conglomerate (lag deposit), shallow marine silty carbonates (dominant lithology), grey/red silty mudstones (with lagoon fauna), sandstones (beach/barrier island), Red claystone/siltstone
CALIBRATION=Upper three sandy-clayey members assigned as upper third of Fm.
For more details, click Helchteren Fm.
REFERENCE=Dusar et al., 2001
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Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
254.24
Ending stage:
Induan
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
251.90
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.73 lat: 51
Compiler: