Neuville Member

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The full formal description is available here: Neuville Member

Abbreviation NEU
Parent unit Marche-en-Famenne Formation
Child units none
Lithological description Brown shale with carbonate nodules and beds and lenses of red to grey limestone. Fossils are locally very abundant, notably near the red ‘marble’ lenses.
Age Terminal Middle Frasnian to Late Frasnian
Thickness 16-24 m in the stratotype section
Area of occurrence Dinant Synclinorium and Durbuy-Philippeville Anticlinorium.
Type locality railway trench sections of the Couvin–Charleroi railway line west-south-west of Neuville.
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 Neuville Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Neuville-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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