Category

LithoDevonian

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...

Burnot Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Burnot Formation Abbreviation BUR Parent unit none Child units Sainval Facies, Hampteau Facies, Caillou-que-Bique Member, Vicht Member Lithological description Rhythmical alternations of mostly reddish but also mottled and greenish conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale arranged either in cyclic or...

Caillou-qui-Bique Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Caillou-qui-Bique Member Abbreviation CQB Parent unit Burnot Formation Child units none Lithological description Massive unit of homogeneous conglomerate with large pebbles within the upper part of the Burnot Formation. Age Late Emsian Thickness 30 metres in the type section...

Vicht Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vicht Member Abbreviation VIC Parent unit Burnot Formation Child units none Lithological description Wine-red colour conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone containing centimetric to pluricentimetric pebbles of quartz, quartzite, sandstone and occasional tourmalinite with frequent greenish to greyish siltstone intercalations. Age...

Hampteau Facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hampteau Facies Abbreviation Parent unit Burnot Formation Child units Lithological description See Burnot Formation. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. Date 23/09/2025 Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025....
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