The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Marche-en-Famenne Formation
| Abbreviation | MEF |
| Parent unit | none |
| Child units | Neuville Member, Petit-mont Member, Valisettes Member, Famenne Member, |
| Lithological description | Formation dominated by shale of various colour (greenish, brownish, dark grey, reddish), with several units with carbonate nodules and beds and lenses of red to grey limestone. Fossils are locally very abundant, notably the brachiopods forming coquina beds. |
| Age | Late Frasnian to early middle Famennian |
| Thickness | 450 m in the type area |
| Area of occurrence | Dinant Synclinorium and Durbuy-Philippeville Anticlinorium. |
| Type locality | Sections in the area around the town of Marche-en-Famenne offers good outcrops exposing the main facies. Each member has its own type section. |
| Alternative names | Schistes de la Famenne |
| 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 Marche-en-Famenne Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Marche-en-Famenne-Formation |
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