Sandstone (FR.22.0005)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Calcareous sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Jurassic; Upper Jurassic
- Lithostratigraphy
- Grès de Chatillon Formation
- Rock name
- Boulonnais calcareous sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- grès bâtard; faux grès; grès Portlandien; pierre de Boulogne
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- France; Pas-de-Calais; Audresselles
- Region
- Boulonnais
- Site name
- Cran Noirda
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. R. Dreesen and Prof. W. De Clercq
- Additional contextual information
- This sample was collected at the foot of the coastal cliffs.
- Natural color
- blue grey
- Aged color
- beige
- Components
- calcareous cement; white fossil shells and minute dark-grey shell debris (oysters); minute debris (clasts) of fossil charcoal
- Texture
- fine-grained
- Structure
- bioturbation; horizontal bedding
- Weathering
- patina
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- NFR B8
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH3.L1.A8
- Original inventory nr.
- 40619
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- mono- and polycrystalline quartz, rare glauconite, rare black charcoal fragments. Rare bioclasts: echinoderm fragments, foraminifera. Poekilotopic calcite cement
- Texture
- badly to moderately sorted, angular to subrounded sand grains. Grain size: 60-300 microns.
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- calcareous sandstone with rare biocladsts
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.22.0005
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- Yes
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Debonne & Dreesen 2015
- Full reference
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Debonne V. & Dreesen R. 2015. Stenen immigranten in de Zwinstreek. Natuursteen in de Onze -Lieve-Vrouwhemelvaartkerk in Damme. Relicta 12: 149-180.
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Last modified: 2024-04-26.