Geologica Belgica Geologica Belgica -  volume 9 (2006)  number 1-2 - Chronostratigraphic units named from Belgium 

DISUSED PALEOGENE REGIONAL STAGES FROM BELGIUM: MONTIAN, HEERSIAN, LANDENIAN, PANISELIAN, BRUXELLIAN, LAEKENIAN, LEDIAN, WEMMELIAN AND TONGRIAN

Geert DE GEYTER

Geological Survey of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Jennerstraat 13, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; E-mail: geert.degeyter@naturalsciences.be.

Ellen DE MAN

Geological Survey of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; E-mail: ellen.deman@naturalsciences.be.

Jacques HERMAN

Geological Survey of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Jennerstraat 13, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; E-mail: jacques.herman@naturalsciences.be.

Patric JACOBS

Ghent University, Department of Geology and Soil Science, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium; E-mail: patric.jacobs@ugent.be.

Thierry MOORKENS

Kruishofstraat 18, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium. E-mail: thierry.moorkens@skynet.be

Etienne STEURBAUT

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels & KULeuven, Belgium; E-mail: etienne.steurbaut@naturalsciences.be.

Noël VANDENBERGHE

KULeuven, Historische Geologie, Redingenstraat 16, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; E-mail: noel.vandenberghe@geo.kuleuven.ac.be.

Abstract

ABSTRACT. An overview of nine disused Paleogene regional stages from Belgium is presented. Some of these regional chronostratigraphic units were already brought into use in the nineteenth century, but are nowadays considered ill defined and of no use in the light of the modern stratigraphic concepts. An overview of their definition and history is given, together with the argumentation for the abandonment of each unit and its present status. The disused chronostratigraphic units belong to the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene series.

To cite this article

Geert DE GEYTER, Ellen DE MAN, Jacques HERMAN, Patric JACOBS, Thierry MOORKENS, Etienne STEURBAUT & Noël VANDENBERGHE, «DISUSED PALEOGENE REGIONAL STAGES FROM BELGIUM: MONTIAN, HEERSIAN, LANDENIAN, PANISELIAN, BRUXELLIAN, LAEKENIAN, LEDIAN, WEMMELIAN AND TONGRIAN», Geologica Belgica [En ligne], volume 9 (2006), number 1-2 - Chronostratigraphic units named from Belgium, 203-213 URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=1213.