Famenne Member

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Abbreviation FAM
Parent unit Marche-en-Famenne Formation
Child units Aye Facies
Lithological description Greenish to greyish to purplish shale with carbonate nodules and brachiopod coquina beds ; siltstone and thin beds of sandstone occur in the upper part.
Age Early to early middle Famennian
Thickness 400 m in the central part of the Dinant Synclinorium, thinning out eastwards and northwards.
Area of occurrence Dinant Synclinorium
Type locality Section along the Bruxelles–Luxembourg railway at Hogne, north of the railway station of Aye.
Alternative names Schistes de la Famenne
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 Famenne Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Famenne-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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