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Ruth BECKERS

COMPARISON OF FOLDS IN THE CHEVLIPONT AND ABBAYE DE VILLERS FORMATIONS, NEAR THE ABBEY OF VILLERS, THYLE VALLEY, BRABANT MASSIF

(volume 7 (2004) — number 3-4 - Proceedings of the 5th European Coal Conference)
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Mots-clés : Brabant Massif, Thyle valley, Chevlipont Formation, Abbaye de Villers Formation, tectonic folds, slump, folds, palaeoslope, cross-section

Abstract

In a detailed structural study in the   yle valley folds were studied in the Chevlipont and Abbaye deVillers formations. On the basis of cleavage/fold relationships and other criteria, the presence is demonstrated of both slump folds and tectonic folds. Apparently, a spatial relationship exists between the tectonic folds and slump folds. On the basis of the orientations of the slump folds the probable palaeoslope is determined for both formations: north-dipping for the Chevlipont Formation, south-dipping for the Abbaye de Villers Formation. This may refl ect a different basin geometry during deposition of these two formations. A structural cross-section is constructed on which a minimal thickness of 129.5 m is inferred for the Abbaye de Villers Formation. The cross-section also shows that the Abbaye deVillers Formation can be divided into a 119 m thick upper, southern part with thick, massive, S-dipping layers and a northern part of minimum 10.5 m thick, composed of thinner layers and containing numerous soft-sediment deformation features (slump folds and related features) as well as tectonic folds.

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Ruth BECKERS, «COMPARISON OF FOLDS IN THE CHEVLIPONT AND ABBAYE DE VILLERS FORMATIONS, NEAR THE ABBEY OF VILLERS, THYLE VALLEY, BRABANT MASSIF», Geologica Belgica [En ligne], volume 7 (2004), number 3-4 - Proceedings of the 5th European Coal Conference, 357-359 URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=480.

About: Ruth BECKERS

Geological Survey of Belgium, Jennerstraat 13, B-1000 Brussel and U. Ghent, Krijgslaan 281-S8, B-9000 Gent.