Comblain-la-Tour Member

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Abbreviation CBT
Parent unit Condroz Formation
Child units none
Lithological description Thinly bedded crinoidal and bioclastic limestone with hummocky cross-stratifications alternating with shale, siltstone and quartzitic sandstone, deposited as tempestites.
Age Middle to late Famennian
Thickness 130 m in the type section
Area of occurrence The member is only known in the Ourthe area.
Type locality Disused quarry at Comblain-la-Tour 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 Comblain-la-Tour Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Comblain-la-Tour-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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