The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Villers-la-Tour Member
| Abbreviation | VLR |
| Parent unit | Couvin Formation |
| Child units | none |
| Lithological description | Limestone rich in stromatoporoids and corals forming biostromes. |
| Age | Eifelian |
| Thickness | 40 m in the type area, rapidly decreasing eastwards. |
| Area of occurrence | Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium, west of Nismes. |
| Type locality | Section along the disused railway south-east of Villers-la-Tour, 3 km south-west of Chimay. |
| Alternative names | none |
| Authors | Denayer, J., Coen-Aubert, M., Marion, J.-M. & Mottequin, B. |
| Date | 23/09/2025 |
| Cite as | Denayer, J., Coen-Aubert, M., Marion, J.-M. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Villers-la-Tour Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Villers-la-Tour-Member |
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