Petite Commune Couvin--Rocroi Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Province:
SW Belgium (Namur)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Couvin--Rocroi
Lithology and Thickness
Petite Commune Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Thick black quartzite beds. Coarse grained, pyrite rich. Slate beds present as well.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 20% up in Upper Cambrian
For more details, click Petite Commune Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Thick black quartzite beds. Coarse grained, pyrite rich. Slate beds present as well.
CALIBRATION=Drawn 20% up in Upper Cambrian
For more details, click Petite Commune Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Paibian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.72
Beginning date (Ma):
494.97
Ending stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.02
Ending date (Ma):
490.91
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 4.5 lat: 49.98
Compiler: