Poulseur Member

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Abbreviation POU
Parent unit Condroz Formation
Child units none
Lithological description Brownish to greyish sandstone and micaceous arkosic sandstone in thin beds either with planar or wavy bedding and alternating with bioturbated greyish to greenish shale and siltstone.
Age Middle to late Famennian
Thickness c. 50 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Northern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium, Haine–Sambre–Meuse Overturned Thrust sheets and Vesdre area.
Type locality Section in the disused Comblain-la-Tour quarry in the Ourthe River valley.
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 Poulseur Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Poulseur-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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