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A new geological map of the outcrop areas of the Brabant Massif (Belgium)
Herbosch, A.; Debacker, T.N. (2018). A new geological map of the outcrop areas of the Brabant Massif (Belgium). Geol. Belg. 21(1-2): 41-58. https://hdl.handle.net/10.20341/gb.2018.003
In: Geologica Belgica. Geologica Belgica: Brussels . ISSN 1374-8505; e-ISSN 2034-1954, more
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Author keywords
    Lower Palaeozoic, Brabant Parautochthon, Asquempont Detachment System, Nieuwpoort-Asquempont Fault Zone, Geological map of Wallonia

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  • Herbosch, A., more
  • Debacker, T.N.

Abstract
    As a result of the “new geological map of Wallonia” program undertaken by the Walloon Government since 1990, all the maps at 1/25 000 scale covering the outcrop areas of the Brabant Massif have been finalised. During the long period of mapping (1993-2017) our understanding of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Brabant Massif has evolved significantly and this led to several inconsistencies between different maps. We present here an overarching geological map of the outcrop areas of the Brabant Massif, resulting from the merging of these 21 maps, updated according to the most recent findings and insights. The resulting map, at a scale of ~1/200 000, shows a coherent image of the outcrop areas of the Brabant Massif. This map better illustrates the geological history and structural architecture of the Brabant Massif compared to previous maps (e.g. Fourmarier, 1921; Legrand, 1968) and allows for a better understanding of the geology of the Brabant Massif. Also, it fully complements the subcrop map of the Brabant Massif of Piessens et al. (2005, in prep.).

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