The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Deville Group
Abbreviation
Dv
Parent unit
Child units
For the Stavelot Massif: Bellevaux Formation, Hour Formation
For the Rocroi Massif: La Longue-Haie Formation, Les 4 Fils Aymon Formation
Lithological description
For the Stavelot Massif: Greenish, purplish and grey coloured slate and quartzite group, subdivided into the Bellevaux and the Hour Fms.
For the Rocroi Massif: Equivalent of the “Système Devillien” of Dumont (1847). It consists of two formations from base to top: the La Longue-Haie and the Les 4 Fils Aymon Fms. The upper boundary of the Deville Group with the Revin Group is placed by Beugnies (1960) at the top of the Renaissance Mbr (Les 4 Fils Aymon Fm); its lower boundary is not observed.
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Alternative names
Authors
Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W.
Date
01/01/2001
Cite as
Verniers, J., Herbosch, A., Vanguestaine, M., Geukes, F., Delcambre, B., Pingot, J.-L., Belanger, I., Hennebert, M., Debacker, T., Sintubin, M. & De Vos, W., 2001. The Deville Group, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Deville-Group
