5.44 Blaton Formation - BLA
Authors: Bouckaert et al., 1961; Paproth et al., 1983; Hennebert 1999.
Description: Black shales, sometimes calcareous or siliceous. Some beds of argillaceous limestone, calcareous shales and siliceous shales.
Stratotype: Canal Nimy – Péronnes, "Mont des Groseilliers" cutting, 1400 m east of Blaton.
Area: Western HSA, at least from Péruwelz to Fleurus.
Thickness: 54 m in the Blaton area.
Age: Late Warnantian (Presence of Goniatites striatus).