Vaals Campine Basin-Maasmelchen Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
NW Belgium (Maastricht)
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Campine Basin-Maasmelchen
Lithology and Thickness
Vaals Fm:
LITHOLOGY=Six member formation. Terstraten Mbr consists of silty sandswith glauconite, bivalve C. subglabra present.
CALIBRATION=82.5% of Vaals Fm
For more details, click Vaals Fm.
REFERENCE=Robaszynski et al., 1997
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LITHOLOGY=Six member formation. Terstraten Mbr consists of silty sandswith glauconite, bivalve C. subglabra present.
CALIBRATION=82.5% of Vaals Fm
For more details, click Vaals Fm.
REFERENCE=Robaszynski et al., 1997
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Lithology Pattern:
Siltstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.08
Beginning date (Ma):
82.78
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.47
Ending date (Ma):
78.27
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 5.73 lat: 51
Compiler: