Watissart Member

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Abbreviation WTS
Parent unit Esneux Formation
Child units none
Lithological description Pluricentimetric to plurimetric, lenticular beds of massive, grey to bluish grey quartzitic sandstone.
Age Middle Famennian
Thickness 50-80 m in the type area
Area of occurrence Westernmost part of the Dinant Synclinorium.
Type locality Disused Watissart quarry at Jeumont (France).
Alternative names Grès de Cerfontaine
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 Watissart Member, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Watissart-Member
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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