Rigenee Brabant-Mehaigne--Orneau Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Province:
Central Belgium (Brabant)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Brabant-Mehaigne--Orneau
Lithology and Thickness
Rigenee Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Dark grey to bluish grey slate or mudstone. Pyrite present. Lower boundary of Fm marks a rapid increase in water depth. Could extend in time into the Caradoc.
CALIBRATION=Drawn at base of Llanvirn
For more details, click Rigenee Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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LITHOLOGY=Dark grey to bluish grey slate or mudstone. Pyrite present. Lower boundary of Fm marks a rapid increase in water depth. Could extend in time into the Caradoc.
CALIBRATION=Drawn at base of Llanvirn
For more details, click Rigenee Fm.
REFERENCE=Verniers et al., 2001
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Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.12
Beginning date (Ma):
468.07
Ending stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.69
Ending date (Ma):
461.64
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 4.85 lat: 50.58
Compiler: