The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Tailfer Conglomerate Bed Abbreviation Parent unit Rouillon Member Child units none Lithological description Reddish to greenish sandstone and shale. Age Eifelian Thickness A few decimetres. Area of occurrence Northern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium. Type locality Section along road...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Sohier Limestone Bed Abbreviation Parent unit Eau Noire Member Child units none Lithological description Argillaceous crinoidal limestone in thick beds. Age Early Eifelian Thickness A few metres Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium west of Jemelle....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bure formation Abbreviation Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Disused unit, see Moulin de la Foulerie Formation. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. Date 23/09/2025 Cite as Denayer,...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hierges Formation Abbreviation HIE Parent unit none Child units Bois Chession Member, Barrage Member, Hamoûle Member Lithological description Quartzitic or argillaceous sandstone and grey or grey-greenish, fossiliferous shale passing upwards to fossiliferous calcareous sandstone, siltstone and shale and non-carbonate...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Clervaux Formation Abbreviation CLE Parent unit none Child units Härebësch Member, Berlé Quartzite Bed Lithological description The Clervaux Formation is a red and green shale unit including sandstone beds and horizons of decalcified carbonate nodules. It ends locally with...
