Grand Ri Member

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Abbreviation GRI
Parent unit Wépion Formation
Child units
Lithological description Green quartzite beds with a conglomeratic base, blue-grey, greenish or reddish sandstone and quartzite alternating with thickly bedded, grey, green or red shale and siltstone.
Age Emsian
Thickness 260 metres in the type locality
Area of occurrence North and eastern margins of the Dinant Synclinorium, up to the Mormont Fault.
Type locality After Grand Ri locality in Wépion, in the Meuse River valley.
Alternative names Grès de Wépion
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Grand Ri Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Grand-Ri-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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