The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Rocher de l’Uf Formation
| Abbreviation | RUF |
| Parent unit | Revin Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Formation subdivided into two members. The unnamed lower member (old: Rv1a) is made of an alternation of quartzite and slate beds up to 30 cm thick; beds seem often to be truncated; green at the base passing gradually into dark grey at the top (Beugnies, 1960; Belanger, 1998 ms). The Les Peureux Member (PEU, old: Rv1b) is a vein of black slate, not very thick, with slab or flag jointing; exploited for roofing slate. |
| Age | The acritarchs from the upper part of the formation belong to the Zone 1, dated as Early Cambrian to Mid Cambrian (Vanguestaine, 1992). |
| Thickness | 40 to 120 m; the Les Peureux Mbr is 3 to 5 m thick (Beugnies, 1960). |
| Area of occurrence | Rocroi Massif. |
| Type locality | Section in the crag of “le Rocher de lUf”, south of Fumay, Meuse valley. |
| Alternative names | New name for unnamed formation in Beugnies, 1960., Rv1. |
| 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 Rocher de l’Uf Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Rocher-de-l’Uf-Formation |
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