The information on this page is a summary description.
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 |
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