Late Quaternary activity of the Feldbiss Fault zone, Roer Valley Rift System, based on displaced fluvial terrace fragments

R.F. Houtgast, R.T. van Balen, L.M. Bouwer, G.B.M. Brand, J.M. Brijker

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Abstract

The Meuse River crosses the Feldbiss Fault Zone, one of the main border fault zones of the Roer Valley Graben in the southern part of the Netherlands. Uplift of the area south of the Feldbiss Fault Zone forced the Meuse River to incise and, as a result, a flight of terraces was formed. Faults of the Feldbiss Fault Zone have displaced the Middle and Late Pleistocene terrace deposits. In this study, an extensive geomorphological survey was carried out to locate the faults of the Feldbiss Fault Zone and to determine the displacement history of terrace deposits. The Feldbiss Fault Zone is characterized by an average displacement rate of 0.041 -0.047 mm a
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-315
Number of pages21
JournalTectonophysics
Volume352
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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