Category

LithoDevonian

Quareux Conglomerate Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Quareux Conglomerate Bed Abbreviation Parent unit Fooz Formation Child units none Lithological description Conglomerate and coarse-grained sandstone, forming metre-thicks lenticular beds. Age Upper Pridoli to lowermost Lochkhovian Thickness 0 to 10 metres Area of occurrence Margins of the Stavelot...

Waimes Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Waimes Member Abbreviation WAI Parent unit Fooz Formation Child units none Lithological description Kaolinitic coarse-grained sandstone with few micro-conglomeratic recurrences and siltstone intercalations Age Uppermost Pridoli Thickness 12 to 150 metres Area of occurrence Margins of the Stavelot and...

Fépin Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Fépin Formation Abbreviation FEP Parent unit none Child units Linchamps Conglomerate Bed, Haybes member, Roche à l’Appel Member Lithological description Conglomerate and coarse-grained sandstone, forming metre-thicks lenticular beds with erosive base, passing upwards to grey and bluish finer-grained sandstone....

Marteau Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Marteau Member Abbreviation MAR Parent unit Fooz Formation Child units Reinhardstein Facies Lithological description Olive-green and variegated fine-grained sandstone, argillaceous or not, and siltstone. The reddish colour progressively appears upwards. The numerous horizons with dissolved carbonate nodules (centimetric to...

Mondrepuis Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Mondrepuis Formation Abbreviation MON Parent unit none Child units Levrézy Member, Ruisseau des Roches Member, Parensart Member, Muno Facies Lithological description Dark grey and bluish-grey shale with light grey or greenish-grey siltstone laminae and fossils accumulations preserved as moulds....

Reinhardstein Facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Reinhardstein Facies Abbreviation Parent unit Marteau Member Child units none Lithological description See Marteau Member. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B. Date 23/09/2025 Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.,...

Middle Devonian update

Following the Lower Devonian units, now also the new Middle Devonian unit descriptions have all been added to our website, see here. The Upper Devonian information is coming soon. In the mean time they can be consulted in the approved proposal documents.

Lower Devonian update

Of the recent revision of the Devonian lithostratigraphy in Belgium, the Lower Devonian unit descriptions have now all been added to our website, see here. The Middle and Upper Devonian information is coming soon. In the mean time they can be consulted in the approved proposal documents.
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