Category

LithoDevonian

Mont d’Haurs Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Mont d’Haurs Formation Abbreviation MHR Parent unit Givet Group Child units none Lithological description Thickly-bedded or massive limestone with accumulations (biostromes) of bulbous stromatoporoids and corals, with few argillaceous beds. Age Givetian Thickness 160 m in the type section...

Mautiennes Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Mautiennes Formation Abbreviation MAU Parent unit Bois de Bordeaux Group Child units none Lithological description Conglomerate, sanstone and siltstone, reddish in colour, with red, green and variegated coloured shale beds. Age Givetian Thickness 17 m in the type section...

Hymiée Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hymiée Member 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...

Fromelennes Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Fromelennes Formation Abbreviation FRO Parent unit Givet Group Child units Flohimont Member, Moulin Boreux Member, Fort Hulobiet Member Lithological description Bedded limestone, rich in siliciclastics at the base, passing to purer limestone with stromatoporoid biostromes, arranged in sequences. Age...

Alvaux Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Alvaux Formation Abbreviation ALV Parent unit Bois de Bordeaux Group Child units none Lithological description Well-bedded limestone with calcshale and nodular argillaceous limestone beds, locally sandy at the base, relatively fossiliferous in the upper part. Age Upper Givetian Thickness...

Chalon Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Chalon Member Abbreviation CHA Parent unit Moulin Liénaux Formation Child units none Lithological description Shale, calcareous shale and nodular limestone. Age Early Frasnian Thickness 10-30 m in the type area Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium,...

Rivière Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Rivière Formation Abbreviation RIV Parent unit none Child units Rouillon Member, Roisin Member, Claminforge Member Lithological description Heterolithic formation made of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale and impure limestone, reddish to greenish. Age Eifelian Thickness 120 m in the type...

Vieux Moulin Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vieux Moulin Member Abbreviation VXM Parent unit Jemelle Fromation Child units Najauge Sandstone Facies Lithological description Shale and siltstone, with some sandstone in the lower part. Age Lower Eifelian Thickness 260 m in the type section. Area of occurrence...

Heusy Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Heusy Member Abbreviation HEU Parent unit Pepinster Formation Child units none Lithological description Arkosic and conglomeratic sandstone beds and conglomerate, usually pinkish with pink quartz pebble. Age Eifelian Thickness 24 m in the type area Area of occurrence Northern...

Najauge Sandstone Facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Najauge Sandstone Facies Abbreviation Parent unit Vieux Moulin Member Child units none Lithological description See Vieux Moulin Member Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Denayer, J., Coen-Aubert, M., Marion, J.-M. & Mottequin, B. Date 23/09/2025...
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