The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Souverain-Pré Formation
| Abbreviation | SVP |
| Parent unit | none |
| Child units | Baelen Member |
| Lithological description | Beds of limestone, fine-grained sandstone and siltstone that are all particularly rich in calcareous nodules, often aligned along the bedding plane and enhance by stylo-nodularisation. |
| Age | Middle Famennian |
| Thickness | 10-30 m in the type area, increasing to 180 m southwards, disappearing northwards. |
| Area of occurrence | Dinant Synclinorium, Haine-Sambre-Meuse Overturned Thrustes sheets and Vesdre area. |
| Type locality | Section located along the platform of the former Souverain-Pré railway station between Esneux and Poulseur in the Ourthe River valley. |
| Alternative names | Macigno de Souverain-Pré |
| 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 Souverain-Pré Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Souverain-Pre-Formation |
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