Haybes Member

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Abbreviation HAY
Parent unit Fépin Formation
Child units
Lithological description Greyish or blueish arkosic sandstone with kaolinitic matrix alternating with dark or greenish sandy shale.
Age Upper Pridoli to lowermost Lochkhovian
Thickness 0 to a few tens of 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 Arkose d’Haybes
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Roche à l’Appel Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Haybes-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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