Famelette Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Famelette Formation

Abbreviation FML
Parent unit none
Child units none
Lithological description Greenish-greyish shale, occasionally fossiliferous, with micaceous beds, haematitic ooids near the base.
Age Late Frasnian (?)-Tournaisian (Hastarian) (?)
Thickness 212-21 m in the type area, rapidly diminishing laterally.
Area of occurrence Margin of the Brabant Parautochthon between Couthuin and the Mehaigne River valley.
Type locality Section along the road connecting the Mehaigne valley to the E42 motorway south-east of Huccorgne.
Alternative names Schistes de la Famelette
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 Famelette Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Famelette-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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