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A preliminary study of Ashgill carbonate beds from the lower part of the Fosses Formation (Condroz, Belgium)

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Francis Tourneur ,
Michel Vanguestaine ,
Caroline Buttler ,
Bernard Mamet ,
Nicolas Mouravieff ,
Edouard Poty  and
Alain Préat
Francis Tourneur
Affiliation:
Services associés de Paléontologie, Université de Liège, 7, Place du 20 Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Michel Vanguestaine
Affiliation:
Services associés de Paléontologie, Université de Liège, 7, Place du 20 Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Caroline Buttler
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP, U.K.
Bernard Mamet
Affiliation:
Département de Géologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
Nicolas Mouravieff
Affiliation:
Unité de Paléontologie et de Paléogéographie, Université Catholique de Louvain, 3, Place Louis Pasteur, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Edouard Poty
Affiliation:
Services associés de Paléontologie, Université de Liège, 7, Place du 20 Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Alain Préat
Affiliation:
Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Abstract

The sedimentology and palaeontology of carbonate beds in the lower part of the Fosses Formation (Ashgill of the Condroz area, central Belgium) have been investigated. Two depositional interpretations are suggested: deposition either near a platform-ramp margin as bioclastic turbidites and interbedded shales or on a shelf as a transgressive sequence following a regressive event. Faunal affinities with the Baltic area and Wales are confirmed, and the location of Belgium in the tropics during the Ashgill is supported by the calcareous algae and the coral fauna.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 130 , Issue 5 , September 1993 , pp. 673 - 679
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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