Interaction between eustacy and block-faulting in the Carboniferous of the Visé-Maastricht area (Belgium, the Netherlands)

peer reviewed ; The Visé–Maastricht sedimentation area (VSA) is situated at the eastern end of the Brabant Massif and suffered block-faulting tectonics during Lower Carboniferous time. The south edge of the VSA, the area corresponding now to the vicinity of Visé, comprised three main tectonic blocks: the Hermalle-sous-Argenteau, Souvré and Bombaye blocks. They were bounded to south by the Booze–Val-Dieu block. To the north, in the vicinity of Maastricht, blocks are not well differ- entiated and are referred to as the Maastricht block system. From the end of the Tournaisian, the latter evolved... Mehr ...