Pesche Member

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The full formal description is available here: Pesche Member

Abbreviation PES
Parent unit Ruisseau de la Forge Formation
Child units
Lithological description Grey to bluish-grey shale and siltstone with lenses and beds of bluish sandstone with dissolved fossils.
Age Late Pragian to early Emsian
Thickness 190 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 Grauwacke de Grupont, Grauwacke de Pesche
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Pesche Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Pesche-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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