Wépion Formation

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The full formal description is available here: Wépion Formation

Abbreviation WEP
Parent unit none
Child units
Lithological description Green quartzite beds with a conglomeratic base, greenish or reddish sandstone with thickly bedded, grey, green or red shale and siltstone, then coarse-grained to conglomeratic sandstone.
Age Emsian
Thickness 200 to 450 metres
Area of occurrence North and eastern margins of the Dinant Synclinorium, up to the Mormont Fault, and Theux Window.
Type locality After the village of Wépion in the Meuse River valley.
Alternative names Grès de Wépion
Authors Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B.
Date 23/09/2025
Cite as Denayer, J. & Mottequin, B., 2025. The Wépion Formation, 23/09/2025. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Wepion-Formation
Additional information

Lithostratigraphy Devonian

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