Lustin Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Lustin Formation

Abbreviation LUS
Parent unit none
Child units Gougnies Member, Rochers de Frênes Member
Lithological description Massive limestone usually rich in organisms (corals, stromatoporoids), partly or entirely dolomitic, passing upwards to bedded limestone, light grey in colour, with bioclastic and fine-grained (or stromatolithic) facies.
Age Middle Frasnian
Thickness c. 100 m in the type area, decreasing eastwards
Area of occurrence Northern limb of the Dinant Synlinorium, Haine-Sambre-Meuse Overturned thrust sheets, Vesdre area, Visé area.
Type locality Rochers de Frênes section (Lustin), both along the railway cut and the road from Dinant to Namur (N947).
Alternative names Calcaire de Lustin, Calcaire de Huy
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 Lustin Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lustin-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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