Lambermont Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Lambermont Formation

Abbreviation LAM
Parent unit none
Child units Verviers Member, Hony Horizon
Lithological description Shale, calcareous shale, bioclastic and nodular limestone, varigated in colour (reddish, greenish, dark grey, brown).
Age Late Frasnian-earliest Famennian
Thickness 40 to 100 m in the type area (but local tectonics may produce and overestimation of the thickness).
Area of occurrence Vesdre area and Theux Window
Type locality Western access road to the motorway Verviers–Prüm at Lambermont
Alternative names none
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 Lambermont Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lambermont-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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