Hodimont Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Hodimont Formation

Abbreviation HOD
Parent unit none
Child units none
Lithological description Green, grey, and purplish shale with thin beds and nodules of grey limestone rich in brachiopods, and greyish silstone and shale with brachiopods. Several oolitic ironstone horizons near the base.
Age Early Famennian
Thickness 60-130 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Vesdre area and Theux Window
Type locality Embankment of the rue de la Grappe in Dison (Verviers).
Alternative names none
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 Hodimont Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hodimont-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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