Tienen Mons Basin Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
West Belgium (Mons)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Mons Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Tienen Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Continental-lagoon unit, consists mostly of lignitic clay and lignite. Some white sand and shell beds. Fossil vertebrates found in association with bed. Oosthoek Mbr consists of sand.
CALIBRATION=66% of Tienen Fm
For more details, click Tienen Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 2006
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LITHOLOGY=Continental-lagoon unit, consists mostly of lignitic clay and lignite. Some white sand and shell beds. Fossil vertebrates found in association with bed. Oosthoek Mbr consists of sand.
CALIBRATION=66% of Tienen Fm
For more details, click Tienen Fm.
REFERENCE=Steurbaut, 2006
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Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
56.65
Ending stage:
Ypresian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.1
Ending date (Ma):
55.21
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 3.95 lat: 50.45
Compiler: