Tienen Woensdrecht-Kallo Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
N Central Belgium (Antwerp)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Woensdrecht-Kallo
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. Present in Woensdrecht, not Kallo. 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. Present in Woensdrecht, not Kallo. 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: 4.3 lat: 51.33
Compiler: