International Field Workshop on 'The Triassic of eastern France'

The first one crops out in old quarries (noted 3.1a, Fig. 30) with a thickness of about 10 m, and
constitutes three superposed units of homogeneous sandstone, with some rare stratification. This could be
attributed to shoreface or offshore tidal bars.
In the second outcrop (noted 3.1b, Fig. 30), tidal rhaetian sandstones are incised by a little channel
filled with well rounded siliceous pebbles (white quartz and dark 'cherts') and platy black clay intraclasts
(Fig. 31). This structure could be attributed to a storm channel, which carried out the detrital material from
the coastal plain. Probably coeval deltaic deposits were described at Kédange, 8 km to the north (Hendricks
(1982)
Figure 31: Outcrop of Saint Hubert (noted 3.1b, Fig. 30) and detailed view of tidal rhaetian sandstones are
incised by a little channel filled.
Stop 3.2 - Hombourg-Budange (D978 road cutting): Middle Keuper (‘Dolomie de
Beaumont’ Fm, marginal facies)
This stop (see p. 7 for location), which exposes a particular facies of the ‘Dolomie de Beaumont’
Formation, makes possible to realize that the disappearance of the 'Dolomie de Beaumont' in the region of
Thionville corresponds to a primary pinching out (Fig. 32). Laterally to the north, only two discontinuous
dolomitic levels crop out within red clays. This marginal facies characterizes the northward ending of playa-
lake deposits. In this part of the basin the Eo-Cimmerian unconformity doesn’t eroded the ‘Dolomie de
Beaumont’ Fm but occur above the ‘Argiles de Chanville’ Formation, which are well developed (Fig. III.2,
IV.1).
60