Conglomerate (BE.21.0003)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Conglomerate
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Devonian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Rock synonyms
- Poudingues de Wéris, de Burnot, de Tailfer, de Marchin, de Régisa (see De Jonghe et al. 1995)
- Additional information
- "Zutendaal gravel"
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Belgium; Limburg (BE); Dilsen-Stokkem
- Region
- Meuse valley
- Site name
- Veerpont Meeswijk-Berg a/d Maas
- Excavation or Survey Team
- dr. Roland Dreesen and dr. Sibrecht Reniere
- Additional contextual information
- Meuse gravel (eroded and transported rock)
- Natural color
- pink (heterogeneous, multicoloured)
- Aged color
- Components
- lithoclasts (pebbles): e.g. vein quartz, quartzite, sandstone; sandy matrix; (secondary) moldic porosity
- Texture
- subrounded to rounded; small pebbles to pebbles; badly sorted
- Structure
- incipient graded bedding
- Weathering
- (secondary) moldic porosity
- Diagnostic features
- lithoclasts and pink colour
- Additional information
- sample MAAS-9
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.21.0003
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Bosch 1992
- Full reference
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Bosch, P.W., 1992. De herkomstgebieden van de Maasgesteenten, Grondboor en Hamer, 1992-3: 57-64
De Jonghe et al. 1995
- Full reference
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De Jonghe S., Gehot H., Genicot L.F. & Weber P. 1995. Pierres à bâtir traditionelles de la Wallonie. Manuel de terrain. Ministère de la région Wallone. Direction générale des ressources naturelles et de l'environnement.
Dreesen 2007
- Full reference
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Dreesen, R. 2007. Zoekkaart keien voor het Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen, Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland.
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