Pèrnelle Member

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Abbreviation PRN
Parent unit Ruisseau de la Forge Formation
Child units
Lithological description Thickly bedded greenish-grey and bluish-grey sandstone and quartzitic sandstone, separated by thin dark grey shaly interbeds.
Age Late Pragian
Thickness 40 m thick in the type section
Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium and eastwards up to the Xhoris Fault.
Type locality Section along the old tramway trench in the Ruisseau de la Forge River valley, near the Pèrnelle ponds, south of Couvin.
Alternative names none
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Pèrnelle Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Pernelle-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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