The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Esneux Formation
| Abbreviation | ESN |
| Parent unit | none |
| Child units | Watissart Mermber |
| Lithological description | Alternations of pluricentimetric to decimetric beds of greenish argillaceous siltstone and fine-grained, micaceous, greenish grey sandstone with generally plane parallel laminations. |
| Age | Middle Famennian |
| Thickness | 125 m in the type area, increasing to 250 m southwards and decreasing to 40-50 m northwards. |
| Area of occurrence | Dinant Synclinorium, Haine-Sambre-Meuse Overturned Thrusts sheets and Vesdre area. |
| Type locality | Railway trench immediately located to the south of the Esneux station in the Ourthe River valley. |
| Alternative names | Psammites stratoïdes dEsneux |
| Authors | Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E. |
| Date | 23/09/2025 |
| Cite as | Mottequin, B., Denayer, J., Delcambre, B., Marion, J.-M. & Poty, E., 2025. The Esneux Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Esneux-Formation |
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