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A new geological map of the Brabant Massif, Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. De Vos ,
J. Verniers ,
A. Herbosch  and
M. Vanguestaine
W. De Vos
Affiliation:
Belgian Geological Survey, Jennerstraat 13, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
J. Verniers
Affiliation:
Research Associate National Fund for Scientific Research, Palaeontology, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281, B-9000, Belgium
A. Herbosch
Affiliation:
Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, Université Libre de Bruxelles, av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
M. Vanguestaine
Affiliation:
Services associés de Paléontologie, Université de Liège, Place du Vingt-Août 7, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Abstract

A new geological map, mostly subcrop, of the Brabant Massif is presented, based on a revised lithostratigraphy of the outcrop area and on recently acquired palaeontological and lithological data from boreholes in the concealed area. New interpretations of magnetic and gravity data are used to extend the lithostratigraphical units into areas with few or no boreholes. A structural model of the western, northern and southern parts of the Brabant Massif is presented. The main anticlinal axis plunges towards the west-northwest, its core comprising Upper Precambrian (?) to Lower Cambrian terrigenous rocks which outcrop in the southeast. To the north of the main axis, younger rocks appear in regular succession, but to the southwest this picture is complicated by the occurrence of a second anticlinal structure and by a subparallel magmatic arc.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 130 , Issue 5 , September 1993 , pp. 605 - 611
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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