Karstic Systems in Eastern Belgium: Remouchamps and Noû Bleû ; Systèmes karstiques de l'Est de la Belgique : Remouchamps et le Noû Bleû
peer reviewed ; Belgium is characterised by a wide variety of rocks, including carbonate formations, which are significantly represented in eastern Belgium. Among those formations, Devonian and Carboniferous carbonates display the most developed karstic features, as illustrated by the two cave systems presented in this chapter. Although both systems are water caves, they differ in many ways. The Remouchamps Cave, developed in the Upper Devonian limestones, is a touristic cave, while the Noû Bleû Cave, developed in the Carboniferous carbonates, is a brand new discovery still under exploration.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | book part |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
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Springer International Publishing
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Schlagwörter: | Karst Dinamics / Speleothems / Sinkholes / Remouchamps Cave / Noû Bleû Cave / Dynamique du karst / Concrétions / Pertes karstique / Chantoirs / Grotte de Remouchamps / Grotte du Noû Bleû / Physical / chemical / mathematical & earth Sciences / Earth sciences & physical geography / Physique / chimie / mathématiques & sciences de la terre / Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28542811 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/214668 |
peer reviewed ; Belgium is characterised by a wide variety of rocks, including carbonate formations, which are significantly represented in eastern Belgium. Among those formations, Devonian and Carboniferous carbonates display the most developed karstic features, as illustrated by the two cave systems presented in this chapter. Although both systems are water caves, they differ in many ways. The Remouchamps Cave, developed in the Upper Devonian limestones, is a touristic cave, while the Noû Bleû Cave, developed in the Carboniferous carbonates, is a brand new discovery still under exploration. The two systems are of scientific interest and contain many deposits (speleothems and detrital sediments) providing records of past environmental changes and paleoclimates. Beside the Quaternary dynamics, the present-day dynamics can be highlighted within the karstic basins that encompass the two cave systems. The generation or reactivation of sinkholes and swallow holes is often favoured or triggered by human activity. Furthermore, the two basins offer several good examples of human interaction with karst environments, not only in terms of karstic constraints for humans but also as a resource that must be preserved. ; La Belgique est caractérisée par une grande variété de roches, y compris des formatons carbonatées, bien représentées dans l'Est du pays. Parmi ces formations, ce sont les calcaires dévoniens et carbonifères qui montrent les phénomènes karstiques les plus développés, ce qu’illustrent les deux systèmes de grottes présentés dans ce chapitre. Quoique toute deux parcourues par l'eau, ces deux cavités sont très différentes. La grotte de Remouchamps développée dans le Dévonien supérieur est une grotte touristique, alors que la grotte du Noû Bleû, développée dans le Calcaire carbonifère et récemment découverte, est toujours au stade de l'exploration. Les deux systèmes sont d'un grand intérêt scientifique et contiennent de nombreux dépôts - concrétions et sédiments détritiques - qui montrent les traces des ...