Category

LithoDevonian

Terres d’Haurs Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Terres d’Haurs Formation Abbreviation TRH Parent unit Givet Group Child units Héblon Facies Lithological description Well-bedded limestone unit arranged in parasequences, starting with argillaceous limestone with corals and evolving upwards to fine-grained limestone. Age Early Givetian Thickness 82 m...

Bois de Bordeaux Group

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bois de Bordeaux Group Abbreviation BOR Parent unit none Child units Mautiennes Formation, Alvaux Formation, Bois du Planti Formation, Mazy Formation Lithological description Carbonate unit intercalated between two siliciclastic units, the upper one being reddish, the carbonate unit passes...

Machenées Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Machenées Member Abbreviation MAC Parent unit Pont de la Folle Formation Child units none Lithological description Nodular shale and shale rich in fossils. Age Early to middle Frasnian Thickness 55 m in the type area Area of occurrence North-western...

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...

Forrières Group

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Forrières Group Abbreviation FOR Parent unit none Child units Moulin de la Foulerie Formation, Jemelle Formation Lithological description Shale and siltstone, nodular or carbonate, with argillaceous and bioclastic limestone at the base. Age Emsian to Eifelian. Thickness 390-400 m...

Bois de Boussu Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bois de Boussu Formation Abbreviation BBO Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Conglomerate with few matrix and sandstone beds. Age Middle Devonian Thickness 3-35 m in the type area Area of occurrence Haine-Sambre-Meuse Overturn Sheets west of...

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...
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