Anloy Formation

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Abbreviation ANL
Parent unit none
Child units
Lithological description Light blue-grey quartzite and siltstone in decimetre-thick regular beds with shaly laminae. Plurimetric bundles of lenticular, coarse-grained arkosic sandstone beds are locally developed in the lower part.
Age Lochkovian
Thickness 900-1100 m
Area of occurrence Northern limb of the Neufchâteau–Eifel Synclinorium, south of the Vencimont Fault.
Type locality Disused vicinal railway along the Lesse River, north of Anloy.
Alternative names Schistes (bigarrés) d’Anloy
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Anloy Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Anloy-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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