Fépin Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Fépin Formation

Abbreviation FEP
Parent unit none
Child units
Lithological description Conglomerate and coarse-grained sandstone, forming metre-thicks lenticular beds with erosive base, passing upwards to grey and bluish finer-grained sandstone.
Age Upper Pridoli to lowermost Lochkhovian
Thickness 20 to 80 metres
Area of occurrence Margins of the Caledonian inliers of Rocroi, Serpont and Givonne
Type locality The sections situated near Fépin and Haybes (France) are discontinuous but illustrate the facies variations (Meilliez, 1984, 1989). Godefroid et al. (1982) defined the stratotype of the Fépin Formation in the Lahonry quarry, south of Couvin.
Alternative names Poudingue de Fépin
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Fépin Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Fepin-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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