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Neotectonic evolution and sediment budget of the Meuse catchment in the Ardennes and the Roer Valley Rift System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

R.T. Van Balen ,
R.F. Houtgast ,
F.M. Van der Wateren  and
J. Vandenberghe
R.T. Van Balen*
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, de Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; e-mail: balr@geo.vu.nl
R.F. Houtgast
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, de Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; e-mail: balr@geo.vu.nl
F.M. Van der Wateren
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, de Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; e-mail: balr@geo.vu.nl
J. Vandenberghe
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, de Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; e-mail: balr@geo.vu.nl
*
1corresponding author
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Using marine planation surfaces, fluvial terraces and a digital terrain model, the amount of eroded rock volume versus time for the Meuse catchment has been computed. A comparison of the amount of eroded volume with the volume of sediment preserved in the Roer Valley Rift System shows that 12% of the eroded volume is trapped in this rift. The neotectonic uplift evolution of the Ardennes is inferred from the incision history of the Meuse River system and compared to the subsidence characteristics of the Roer Valley Rift System. Both areas are characterized by an early Middle Pleistocene uplift event.

Keywords

MeuseRoer Valley Grabenneotectonicsriver terracesArdennessediment budget
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 81 , Special Issue 2: Rift tectonics and syngenetic sedimentation - the Cenozoic Lower Rhine Basin and related structures , August 2002 , pp. 211 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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