THE GAUX THRUST SHEET (BELGIAN ARDENNES) - EXAMPLE OF COMPLEX TECTONIC SEDIMENTATION DURING DEVELOPMENT OF A FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLD

Authors
MERCIER E DEPUTTER T MANSY JL HERBOSCH A
Citation
E. Mercier et al., THE GAUX THRUST SHEET (BELGIAN ARDENNES) - EXAMPLE OF COMPLEX TECTONIC SEDIMENTATION DURING DEVELOPMENT OF A FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLD, Geologische Rundschau, 83(1), 1994, pp. 170-179
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Geology
Journal title
Geologische Rundschau → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167835
Volume
83
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
170 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7835(1994)83:1<170:TGTS(A>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The kinematics of internal structuration in the <<Gaux thrust sheet>> (Charleroi Coal basin; Belgium) is explained with the help of a geomet ric model. This model is controlled by the distribution of <<Landelies red breccia>> outcrops that was syntectonically deposited, probably d uring the Namurian. We suggest that the tectono-sedimentary evolution was controlled by (1) the growth of a Fault-propagation fold, (2) the formation of collapse structures and (3) localized interbed extension.