The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Frasnes group/formation Abbreviation Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Disused and artificial grouping (calcaire et schistes de Frasne in Gosselet, 1871, p. 296; assise de Frasnes in Maillieux, 1922a, p. 1618; 1922b, p. 19, pl. 1; Frasnes...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Boverie Member Abbreviation BVR Parent unit Moulin Liénaux Formation Child units none Lithological description Lense-like grey, usually coarse-grained limestone bodies. Age Middle Frasnian Thickness 30-35 m in the type area Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium,...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Pont d’Avignon Horizon Abbreviation Parent unit Nismes Formation Child units none Lithological description Argillaceous to nodular limestone beds with large brachiopods. Age Latest Givetian Thickness 1-1.5 m in the type section Area of occurrence Southern and eastern limbs of...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bieumont Member Abbreviation BMT Parent unit Grand Breux Formation Child units none Lithological description Well-bedded, ususally dark micritic or bioclastic argillaceous limestone with crinoids and brachiopods. Age Middle Frasnian Thickness c. 35 m in the type area Area of...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Nismes Formation Abbreviation NIS Parent unit none Child units Pont d’Avignon Horizon, Sourd d’Ave Member, Prée Member, Presles Facies Lithological description Brownish shale with nodular limestone, rich in brachiopod at the base, passing upwards to shale with nodules and...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Booischot Formation Abbreviation PBI Parent unit none Child units none Lithological description Red, green and variegated siliciclastic rocks with paleosols. Age ?Givetian-Frasnian Thickness 396 metres in the type borehole. Area of occurrence Campine Basin, north of the Brabant Inlier....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Sourd d’Ave Member Abbreviation SAV Parent unit Nismes Formation Child units none Lithological description Nodular shale passing upwards to shale with nodules and lenses t. Locally, chamositic or hematitic ooids near the base. Age Early Frasnian Thickness 16,5 m...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Moulin Liénaux Formation Abbreviation MLX Parent unit none Child units Chalon Member, Arche Member, Ermitage Member, Boverie Member Lithological description Shale, calcareous shale, nodular limestone passing upwards to greenish-grey shale with calcareous nodules, passing laterally to large lense-like pinkish...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Prée Member Abbreviation PEE Parent unit Nismes Formation Child units none Lithological description Brownish shale with rare nodules and brachiopod. Age Early Frasnian Thickness 20-22 m in the type area, diminishing northwards. Area of occurrence Southern and eastern limbs...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Grand Breux Formation Abbreviation GBR Parent unit none Child units Bieumont Member, Lion Member, Boussu-en-Fagne Member Lithological description Nodular limestone passing upwards to greenish-grey shale with calcareous nodules, passing laterally to large lense-like grey limestone bodies. Age Middle Frasnian...
