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Soil formation in Late Glacial Meuse sediments related to the Peel Boundary Fault activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

R. Miedema  and
T. Jongmans
R. Miedema*
Affiliation:
Wageningen University, Laboratory for Soil Science and Geology, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: rienk.miedema@alg.osa.wau.nl
T. Jongmans
Affiliation:
Wageningen University, Laboratory for Soil Science and Geology, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: rienk.miedema@alg.osa.wau.nl
*
* corresponding author

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Micromorphological studies relating the soil formation history (processes and timing) to activity events of the Peel Boundary Fault (PBF) showed rotation features (circular distribution pattern of sand grains) in mechanically displaced rounded fragments of Bt bands. These features are interpreted as being caused by ‘mudflow’ during active faulting event (PBF event F2). The micromorphological interpretation of Late Weichselian soil formation (clay illuviation, degradation features and offsetting of Bt bands) agrees with the hypothesized 3 PBF periods of fault activity events (Fl, F2 and F3).

Keywords

soil formation(banded) Bt horizonmicromorphologyclay illuviationferrolysisrotation featuresactive faulting

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Type
Special section: Palaeosis ECGS/CEGS additional papers
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 71 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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