Category

LithoDevonian

Chavées Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Chavées Member Abbreviation CVE Parent unit Jemelle Fromation Child units none Lithological description Fossiliferous shale and carbonate shale, often nodular, with limestone beds. Age Upper Eifelian Thickness Up to 195 m. Area of occurrence Southern and south-eastern limbs of...

Marenne Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Marenne Member Abbreviation MRN Parent unit Trois-Fontaines Formation Child units none Lithological description Sandy limestone to bioclastic sandstone with cross-stratifications. Age Givetian Thickness 30 m in the type area. Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium between...

Petigny Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Petigny Member Abbreviation PET Parent unit Couvin Formation Child units none Lithological description Well-bedded fined-grained dark limestone. Age Eifelian Thickness 40 m in the type area, rapidly decreasing eastwards. Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium, west...

Tienne Sainte-Anne Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Tienne Sainte-Anne Member Abbreviation TSA Parent unit Jemelle Fromation Child units none Lithological description Hectometric lenses of light-grey bioclastic limestone rich in stromatoporoids. Age Upper Eifelian Thickness 50 to 200 m Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant...

Charlemont formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Charlemont formation Abbreviation Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Disused unit introduced by Pel (1975, p. 77) corresponding nowadays to the Trois-Fontaines, Terres d’Haurs and Mont d’Haurs formations. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names...

Cul d’Èfer Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Cul d’Èfer Member Abbreviation CUE Parent unit Couvin Formation Child units none Lithological description Massive limestone rich in stromatoporoids and corals, arranged in biostromes. Age Eifelian Thickness 130-135 m in the type area, rapidly decreasing eastwards. Area of occurrence...

Pondrôme member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Pondrôme member Abbreviation Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Disused member (Godefroid, 1995, p. 80) attributed to the Jemelle Formation, equivalent to the base of the Hanonet Formation after Dumoulin & Blockmans (2013a). Age Thickness Area of...

Abîme Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Abîme Member Abbreviation ABI Parent unit Couvin Formation Child units Saint-Remy Facies, Roche Trouée Facies Lithological description Massive and bedded limestone rich in stromatoporoids and corals, locally dolomitic. Age Eifelian Thickness 160 m in the type area, rapidly decreasing...

Fond des Valennes Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Fond des Valennes Member Abbreviation FVA Parent unit Lomme Formation Child units none Lithological description Shale and siltstone with intercalation of arkosic and calcareous sandstone beds. Age Eifelian Thickness 70 m Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant...

Vierves Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vierves Member Abbreviation VRV Parent unit Couvin Formation Child units Reumont Dolomitic Facies Lithological description Bedded argillaceous limestone rich in brachiopods and corals, locally dolomitic. Age Eifelian Thickness 50 m in the type area, rapidly decreasing eastwards. Area of...
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