The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Valisettes Member
| Abbreviation | VAL |
| Parent unit | Marche-en-Famenne Formation |
| Child units | Matagne Facies, Barvaux Facies, Hony Horizon |
| Lithological description | Formation dominated by shale of various colour (greenish, brownish, dark grey, reddish), with some carbonate nodules. Fossils are locally very abundant, notably near the red marble lenses. |
| Age | Late Frasnian |
| Thickness | 90 m in the type area |
| Area of occurrence | Dinant Synclinorium and Durbuy-Philippeville Anticlinorium. |
| Type locality | Railway trench sections of the CouvinCharleroi railway line west-south-west of Neuville (southern section). |
| 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 Valisettes Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Valisettes-Member |
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