Evieux Member

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The full formal description is available here: Evieux Member

Abbreviation
Parent unit Condroz Formation
Child units Royseux Facies, Fontin Facies, Crupet Facies
Lithological description Heterolithic complex of shale, siltstone, arkosic sandstone and (very) micaceous sandstone, with subordinate calcareous sandstone and dolostone.H
Age Late Famennian
Thickness 215 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Northern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium, Haine–Sambre–Meuse Overturned Thrust sheets and Vesdre area.
Type locality Section in the disused quarry and railway south of the Esneux station.
Alternative names Psammites d’Évieux
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 Evieux Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Evieux-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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