Hymiée Member

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Abbreviation HYM
Parent unit Pont de la Folle Formation
Child units Sainte-Anne Facies
Lithological description Succession of two or three reefal carbonate units with metre-thick beds rich in fasciculate rugose corals, with some bedded limestone at the base.
Age Early to middle Frasnian
Thickness c. 100 m in the type area
Area of occurrence North-western limb of the Dinant Synlinorium between Gerpinnes and Hymiée.
Type locality Section along the road from Gerpinnes to Hanzinne (N975), 400 m to the north of the bifurcation leading to the village of Hymiée (Delcambre & Pingot, 2000).
Alternative names none
Authors Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E., 2025. The Hymiée Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hymiee-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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