Messancy Belgian Lorraine (West) Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Province:
SE Belgium (Luxembourg)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Belgian Lorraine (West)
Lithology and Thickness
Messancy Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Grey silty or silty-sandy marl. Ammonites present.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 50% up in Pliensbachian
For more details, click Messancy Fm.
REFERENCE=Boulvain et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Grey silty or silty-sandy marl. Ammonites present.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 50% up in Pliensbachian
For more details, click Messancy Fm.
REFERENCE=Boulvain et al., 2001
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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:
Pliensbachian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
188.55
Ending stage:
Pliensbachian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
186.81
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.42 lat: 49.58
Compiler: