Moulin de la Foulerie Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Moulin de la Foulerie Formation

Abbreviation MFL
Parent unit Forrières Group
Child units
Lithological description Mixed silty and shaly limestone succession including beds of coarse-grained crinoidal limestone, often dissolved in surface, passing to greyish and bluish calcareous shale and bioclastic nodular limestone beds.
Age Late Emsian ot early Eifelian
Thickness 100 to 300 metres
Area of occurrence Southern limb of the Dinant Synclinorium up to Izier.
Type locality Section along the Eau Noire River south of Couvin near the Moulin de la Foulerie.
Alternative names Grauwacke de Bure
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Moulin de la Foulerie Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Moulin-de-la-Foulerie-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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