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Pierre BULTYNCK & Léon DEJONGHE

Devonian lithostratigraphic units (Belgium)

(volume 4 (2001) — number 1-2 - Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium)
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Abstract

This contribution briefly describes seventy Devonian formations from the Dinant and Namur Synclinoria, the Vesdre Nappe and the Theux Window, that were revised or introduced during the previous two decades. The descriptions of the formations are organized in four parts, Lower Devonian, Middle Devonian, Frasnian and Famennian, corresponding to major and minor transgressive and regressive events and demonstrating each typical lithological characteristics. In each part, the following presentation has been adopted: the formations occurring in the Southern part of the Dinant Synclinorium are first described from base upwards, followed by a description of the formations restricted to the central and/or northern part of the Dinant Synclinorium, the Namur Synclinorium, the Vesdre Nappe and the Theux Window.

Keywords : Devonian, Lochkovian, Pragian, Emsian, Eifelian, Givetian, Frasnian, Famennian, Belgium, lithostratigraphy

To cite this article

Pierre BULTYNCK & Léon DEJONGHE, «Devonian lithostratigraphic units (Belgium)», Geologica Belgica [En ligne], volume 4 (2001), number 1-2 - Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium, 39-69 URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=1926.

About: Pierre BULTYNCK

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Palaeontology, Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

About: Léon DEJONGHE

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Geological Survey of Belgium, Jenner street 13, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.