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Pleistocene to Recent tectonics in the Rhenish Massif (Germany)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

W. Meyer  and
J. Stets
W. Meyer*
Affiliation:
Geologisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
J. Stets
Affiliation:
Geologisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
*
2corresponding author; e-mail: geo-sek@uni-bonn.de
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Uplift of the Rhenish Massif can be demonstrated by means of the stream-made river terrace system that accompanies the Rhine river and its tributaries along their way through or within this part of the Variscan fold and thrust belt. The height difference between a former valley floor, especially that of the Younger ‘Hauptterrasse’ (Main Terrace), and the recent one allows to quantify the uplift by the amount of downcutting erosion. The uplift velocity increased just after the BRUNHES / MATUYAMA boundary, i.e. about 0.8 Ma B.R Since that time, a domal uplift of more than 250 m is documented in the eastern Hunsriick and in the south-eastern Eifel. The area of this maximum height anomaly is situated just between the East-and West-Eifel Quaternary volcanic districts. Thus, causal connections are supposed. The domai uplift is affected by normal faulting partly inherited since Tertiary rifting.

Keywords

Rhenish MassifPleistocenefluvial terrace systemdowncutting erosionneotectonicsdomal upliftEifelHunsrückRhineMoselLower Rhine BasinNeuwied Basin
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. 217 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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