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The Deposition History of the Coversands along the Bree Fault Escarpment, NE Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

M. Frechen ,
K. Vanneste ,
K. Verbeeck ,
E. Paulissen  and
T. Camelbeeck
M. Frechen
Affiliation:
Universität Regensburg, Institut für Geographie, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Present address: Institut für Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (GGA), S 3: Geochronology and Isotope Hydrology, Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover, Germany; e-mail: M.Frechen@gga-hannover.de
K. Vanneste
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue circulaire 3, B-1180 Bruxelles, Belgium; e-mail: kris.vanneste@oma.be; email:koen.verbeeck@oma.be and cam@oma.be
K. Verbeeck
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue circulaire 3, B-1180 Bruxelles, Belgium; e-mail: kris.vanneste@oma.be; email:koen.verbeeck@oma.be and cam@oma.be
E. Paulissen
Affiliation:
Insituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Geomorfologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Redingenstraat 16 bis, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; e-mail: etienne.paulissen@geo.kuleuven.ac.be
T. Camelbeeck
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue circulaire 3, B-1180 Bruxelles, Belgium; e-mail: kris.vanneste@oma.be; email:koen.verbeeck@oma.be and cam@oma.be
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The coversands along the Bree fault escarpment, NE Belgium, were investigated by a combined dating approach including infrared optically stimulated luminescence (IRSL), thermoluminescence (TL) and radiocarbon methods. Four trenches were excavated cutting the fault scarp near the village of Bree in northeast Belgium. Altogether 17 luminescence samples and seven radiocarbon samples were investigated in order to set up a more reliable and precise chronological frame for the local coversand stratigraphy and the timing of Late Quaternary earthquake events. The chronological results indicate at least five accumulation periods for the coversand units in the area of interest. The oldest coversands were deposited during Saalian or Early Weichselian followed by coversands deposited during the Early and/or Middle Weichselian. At least three coversand units can be distinguished for the time span of the Late Weichselian to Holocene. Significant TL age underestimation of more than 20% compared to IRSL was found for samples from Trench 4. Most of the IRSL age estimates are in agreement with radiocarbon dates from the same section.

Keywords

Coversandchronologyluminescence datingearthquakeRoer Valley GrabenPleistocene
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 80 , Issue 3-4 , December 2001 , pp. 171 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2001

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