The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Hour Formation
| Abbreviation | HUR |
| Parent unit | Deville Group |
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| Lithological description | Thick beds of light coloured to light greenish quartzite and green slate. The white sandstone is locally altered into a reddened sandstone. |
| Age | Due to the absence of macrofossils and acritarchs in the formation, a possible Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian age is tentatively proposed (Mortelmans, 1977; Vanguestaine, 1992). |
| Thickness | >150 m. |
| Area of occurrence | In two anticlinal structures (Grand-Halleux and Ligneuville) in the southern part of the Stavelot Massif. |
| Type locality | Outcrop in the Rocher de Hourt along the road N28 between Trois-Ponts and Vielsalm. |
| Alternative names | Dva |
| 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 Hour Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Hour-Formation |
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