Muschelkalk Campine Basin-Maasmelchen Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Province:
NW Belgium (Maastricht)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Campine Basin-Maasmelchen
Lithology and Thickness
Muschelkalk Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Alteration of carbonates, evaporites and fine grained detrital rocks. Deposited in shallow marine to restricted lagoonal environments.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 66% up from base of Muschelkalk
REFERENCE=Dusar et al., 2001
LITHOLOGY=Alteration of carbonates, evaporites and fine grained detrital rocks. Deposited in shallow marine to restricted lagoonal environments.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 66% up from base of Muschelkalk
REFERENCE=Dusar et al., 2001
Lithology Pattern:
Gypsiferous claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.38
Beginning date (Ma):
244.71
Ending stage:
Ladinian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.48
Ending date (Ma):
239.34
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.73 lat: 51
Compiler: