The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Famenne Member
| Abbreviation | FAM |
| Parent unit | Marche-en-Famenne Formation |
| Child units | Aye Facies |
| Lithological description | Greenish to greyish to purplish shale with carbonate nodules and brachiopod coquina beds ; siltstone and thin beds of sandstone occur in the upper part. |
| Age | Early to early middle Famennian |
| Thickness | 400 m in the central part of the Dinant Synclinorium, thinning out eastwards and northwards. |
| Area of occurrence | Dinant Synclinorium |
| Type locality | Section along the BruxellesLuxembourg railway at Hogne, north of the railway station of Aye. |
| Alternative names | Schistes de la Famenne |
| 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 Famenne Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Famenne-Member |
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