Vicht Member

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Abbreviation VIC
Parent unit Burnot Formation
Child units
Lithological description Wine-red colour conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone containing centimetric to pluricentimetric pebbles of quartz, quartzite, sandstone and occasional tourmalinite with frequent greenish to greyish siltstone intercalations.
Age Latest Eifelian
Thickness 2 to 80 metres
Area of occurrence Vesdre area, from Fechereux up to Germany and Theux tectonic Window.
Type locality Section in the Helle River south of Eupen is the parastratotype.
Alternative names Vichter-Konglomerat
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Vicht Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Vicht-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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