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List Of Fossiliferous Stratigraphic Units In Belgium
See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in France ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe These lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe enumerate the rock layers which preserve the fossilized remains of ancient life in Europe by the modern countries wher ... ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Luxembourg ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Netherlands References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Belgium Belgium Fossiliferous stratigraphic units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merksem Formation
Merksem (; former spelling: ''Merxem'') is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has 44,808 inhabitants as of 2021. History The history of Merksem goes back to Gallo-Roman times. During that period the region was mentioned as ''Merk'' (border) and ''Heim'' (settlement) being part of the diocese Kamerijk. Merksem has for centuries been part of a larger community together with Schoten and Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor. During the Spanish period Merksem used to be a Dominium, a known ''Lord of Mercxem'' is Anthony van Stralen. In the 16th century Merksem was separated from Schoten. Middle Ages Around the year 600, the Franks started colonizing the area near the local Saint-Bartholomew's Church, which was the highest point of Merksem at the time. In 750, the Scheldt river finally started settling itself into its current river bed, which resulted in parts of Merksem becoming peat bog (a type of wetland). Current street names of these areas sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgloon Formation
Borgloon (; french: Looz, ; li, Loeën) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Borgloon had a total population of 10,697. The total area is 51.12 km2 (19.74 sq mi) which gives a population density of 209 inhabitants per km2 (514/sq mi). Borgloon gave its name to the former county of Loon and was its capital until 1200. The municipality includes the following 13 sub-municipalities: Bommershoven, Borgloon proper, Broekom, Gors-Opleeuw, Gotem, Groot-Loon, Hendrieken, Hoepertingen, Jesseren, Kerniel, Kuttekoven, Rijkel, and Voort. Ignace decocq Ignace is a township (Canada), township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Ontario Highway 17, Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Ontario Highway 599, Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway ... lives here. History References External links * * Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium) {{LimburgBE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tienen Formation
The Tienen Formation ( nl, Formatie van Tienen; french: Formation de Tienen; abbreviation: Ti) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of northern Belgium. The formation crops out in the province of Hainaut and the Hesbaye region in the province of Limburg. It has a late Thanetian (Paleocene) to early Ypresian (Eocene) age. The Tienen Formation consists of clay with thin lignite layers and lithified wood, sand (sometimes with shells) and marl. It has a continental to lagoonal sedimentary facies. The formation is a lagerstätte for fossils of vertebrate animals. The Tienen Formation forms together with the older marine clays and sands of the Hannut Formation the Landen Group The Landen Group is a lithostratigraphic unit (a "group" of rock strata) in the Belgian subsurface. The group consists of two formations of Thanetian (late Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that .... The Tienen Formation is subdivided into four memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neerrepen Sands
Tongeren (; french: Tongres ; german: Tongern ; li, Tóngere ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital within the country's borders. As a Roman city, it was inhabited by the Tungri, and known as ''Atuatuca Tungrorum'', it was the administrative centre of the ''Civitas Tungrorum'' district. History ''Atuatuca Tungrorum'' The Romans referred to Tongeren as ''Aduatuca Tungrorum'' or ''Atuatuca Tongrorum'', and it was the capital of the large Roman province of '' Civitas Tungrorum'', an area which covered modern Belgian Limburg, and at least parts of all the areas around it. Before the Roman conquests, this area was inhabited by the group of Belgic tribes known as the '' Germani cisrhenani''. (Despite being known as the ''Germani'', whether they spoke a Germanic language is debated, and the names of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lede Formation
The Lede Formation ( nl, Formatie van Lede; abbreviation: Ld) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of Belgium. The formation is named after the town of Lede in East Flanders. It consists of shallow-marine limestone and sandstone, deposited in the former sea that covered Belgium during the Eocene. The Lede Formation crops out in East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Antwerp and parts of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant and West Flanders. It forms a laterally continuous unit of calcareous and glauconiferous sandstone, sandy limestone and calcareous sandstone, which reaches a thickness of up to 15 metres. The formation is characterised by fossils of the nummulite '' Nummulites variolarius''. It is not subdivided into members. The age of the Lede Formation is middle Lutetian (about 44 million years old) and it is part of the Zenne Group. On top of the Lede Formation is normally the younger Maldegem Formation (marine clays and sands of Bartonian age). Below the Lede Formation are the Brussel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landen Formation
The Landen Formation (abbreviation: LA) is a lithostratigraphic unit (a set of rock strata) in the subsurface of the Netherlands. This formation shares its name with the Belgian Landen Group, but the Belgian unit is thinner and has different definitions. The Landen Formation consists of shallow marine and lagoonal sediments (mostly clay, sandy clay and marl) from the late Paleocene to early Eocene (between 58 and 54 million years old). Dutch stratigraphers see the Landen Formation as part of the Lower North Sea Group. Lithology The Landen Formation can be maximally 150 meters in thickness. It is subdivided into five only regionally recognized members: *The Swalmen Member, lagoonal clay, sometimes with small lignite layers; *The Reusel Member, green sandy clay, loam and sand; *The Liessel Member, mica, pyrite and glauconite bearing clay, containing plant fossils; *The Orp Member, greenish grey sand; *The Gelinden Member, calcareous clay. Some of the sandy layers can have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kortrijk Clay
The Kortrijk Formation ( nl, Formatie van Kortrijk; french: Formation de Courtrai; abbreviation: Ko; named after the West Flemish city of Kortrijk) is a geologic formation in the Belgian subsurface. This formation crops out in northern Hainaut, southern West and East Flanders and in Walloon Brabant. The formation consists of marine clay from the Ypresian age (early Eocene, about 54 million years old).Steurbaut, 2006, p.76Kortrijk Formation - National Commission on the Stratigraphy of Belgium Description The Kortrijk Formation consists predominantly of clay, sometimes y or |
Houthem Formation
The Houthem Formation, named after the Dutch town of Houthem, is a geological formation that crops out in the south of Belgian and Dutch Limburg. It has also been found in borings in the northeastern part of the Campine Basin. The formation consists of calcareous sandstone and was formed about 60 million years ago, in the Paleocene epoch. Lithology The Houthem Formation consists of maximally 30 metres of light grey to light yellow calcareous arenites. The arenite can contain calcareous concretions, fossils and hardgrounds with shell fragments. At other places lenses of boundstone occur, formed by red algae. The hardgrounds make it possible to subdivide the formation into three members: the Geleen Member, the Bunde Member and the Geulhem Member. Stratigraphy Dutch stratigraphers see the Houthem Formation as the youngest formation of the Chalk Group, because it has a similar lithology with the older formations in this group. Belgian stratigraphers see it as part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heers Formation
The Heers Formation ( nl, Formatie van Heers; french: Formation de Heers; abbreviation: Hs) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of Belgium. The formation consists of sand and marl and was deposited in the shallow sea that covered Belgium during the middle to late Selandian age of the Paleocene epoch. The formation is subdivided into two members: at the base green, glauconiferous sand (Orp Member), on top calcareous clay and marl in which plant fossils have been found (Gelinden Member). This sequence formed during a marine transgression. The Orp Member represents a near coastal marine environment, the Gelinden Member formed in shallow marine circumstances but further from the land. The Heers Formation occurs in the subsurface of the northern and eastern parts of Flanders. In Limburg it reaches its maximal thickness at about 60 meters. The Heers Formation is stratigraphically on top of Cretaceous and early Paleocene deposits, such as the Opglabbeek Formation or the Houthem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannut Formation
The Hannut Formation (french: Formation de Hannut; nl, Formatie van Hannut; abbreviation: Hn) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of northern Belgium. The formation consists of marine clay and silt, alternating with more sandy layers. On top of this the lithology changes to limestone, siltstone and sandstone and the top of the formation is formed by a layer of glauconite bearing sand. The Hannut Formation was formed during the early to middle Thanetian age (Late Paleocene, about 57 million years ago). The formation is named after the town of Hannut in the province of Liège. Lithologies The Hannut Formation can be about 100 meters thick in the Campine Basin and about 55 meters thick in the Mons Basin. In between these two basins the thickness varies between 40 and 20 meters. The formation is subdivided into five members: *The Chercq Member, tuffite, clay and glauconite bearing sand layers. This member is most distinctively recognizable in the province of Hainaut; *The Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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