135E1097.txt

Feuille : 135E - VERVIERS - 428
N°SGB : 135E1097
Secteur :


X : 253291
Y : 145091

Commune : Rechain

Description lithologique :
Date : 2002

Nature : sondage
roche :
Formation :
localisation :


Références :




Description :

Adresse propriétaire : M. Delbussaye


S2, from top to bottom (fig. 2):
o 0-3.5 m: clayey sand and gravel waste
o 3.5-4 m: blue-grey to dark blue plastic clay
o 4-4.5 m: grey-brown plastic clay with weathered quartz gravels and black sandy layers rich in
wood debris
o 4.5-9.1 m: whitish to reddish-brown sand with reverse grading : very coarse at the top (D50 ~0.7-0.8
mm) and fining downwards (D50 ~0.1-0.2 mm at the base) ; the sand grains and small
quartz gravels are angular
o 9.1-10.3 m: transition from a brown clayey sand to a brown clay with ferruginous granules and small
quartz gravels
o 10.3-12.7 m: brown plastic clay going into the fresh limestone.

N.B. : La fig. 2 n'a pas été communiquée.

Référence : publication à paraître :
Geologica Belgica:
'Cenomanian sands and clays north of the Vesdre valley: the oldest known Cretaceous deposits in eastern Belgium'
par: A. Demoulin, F. Quesnel, C. Dupuis, P. Gerrienne & J. Yans