Madot Brabant-Mehaigne--Orneau Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Province:
Central Belgium (Brabant)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Brabant-Mehaigne--Orneau
Lithology and Thickness
Madot Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Many volcanic rocks (volcanic breccias containing shale fragments and volcano-sedimentary rocks). Interbedded with coarse siltstones containing many macrofossils (crinoids, rugose corals, byrozoans, etc). Local geologic stage name Ashgillian."
CALIBRATION=Drawn 20% up in Ashgill
For more details, click Madot Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Many volcanic rocks (volcanic breccias containing shale fragments and volcano-sedimentary rocks). Interbedded with coarse siltstones containing many macrofossils (crinoids, rugose corals, byrozoans, etc). Local geologic stage name Ashgillian."
CALIBRATION=Drawn 20% up in Ashgill
For more details, click Madot Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
"
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
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:
0.59
Beginning date (Ma):
448.33
Ending stage:
Katian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.98
Ending date (Ma):
445.37
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 4.85 lat: 50.58
Compiler: