A late glacial surface rupturing earthquake at the Peel boundary fault zone, Roer Valley Rift System, the Netherlands

RT Van Balen, MAJ Bakker, C Kasse, J Wallinga… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Paleoseismological trenching studies constrain recurrence times and magnitudes of faulting
events and earthquakes on active faults. In a trench along the central part of the Peel …

[HTML][HTML] Using helium-4, tritium, carbon-14 and other hydrogeochemical evidence to evaluate the groundwater age distribution: The case of the Neogene aquifer …

A Casillas-Trasvina, B Rogiers, K Beerten, J Pärn… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Apparent groundwater age dating has been proven useful and robust in understanding
water origin and mixing processes, particularly when multiple tracers are considered …

The Kasterlee Formation and its relation with the Diest and Mol Formations in the Belgian Campine

N Vandenberghe, L Wouters, M SCHILTZ… - Geologica …, 2020 - popups.uliege.be
Stratigraphic analysis of cored and geophysically logged boreholes in the Kasterlee-Geel-
Retie-Mol-Dessel area of the Belgian Campine has established the presence of two …

Electron spin resonance (ESR), optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and terrestrial cosmogenic radionuclide (TCN) dating of quartz from a Plio-Pleistocene sandy …

K Beerten, K Verbeeck, E Laloy, V Vanacker… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The chronostratigraphy of the typical quartz-rich white sands that are intensively quarried in
the Campine area, northeastern Belgium, is poorly constrained. In the absence of …

Bayesian inference of coupled groundwater flow and radiogenic helium-4 production and transport at the catchment scale

A Casillas-Trasvina, B Rogiers, K Beerten… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogeological numerical models are essential for assessing radioactive waste disposal
by understanding groundwater flow systems. These models typically rely on hydraulic head …

[HTML][HTML] New 3D fault model for eastern Flanders (Belgium) providing insights on the major deformation phases in the region since the late Paleozoic

J Deckers, B Rombaut, M Broothaers, K Dirix… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new 3D fault model was created for the Upper Paleozoic to Cenozoic subsurface in
eastern Flanders (Belgium). The model was based on the integration of 2D seismic …

[HTML][HTML] Magnitudes and surface rupture lengths of paleo-earthquakes at the NW-part of the Peel Boundary fault zone, Roer Valley Rift System

RT Van Balen, RE Lapperre, HAG Woolderink… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Peel Boundary Fault zone (PBFZ) is the 125 km long, seismically active,
northern bounding fault zone of the Roer Valley Rift System (RVRS). The last damaging …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of CPTs in stratigraphy: recent observations and some illustrative cases

M Schiltz - Geologica Belgica, 2020 - popups.ulg.be
During processing and interpretation of about 200 Cone Penetration Tests (CPT) with
electrical cones in a limited area of 60 km² in NE Belgium, a close analogy was observed …

Integrated study on the topographic and shallow subsurface expression of the Grote Brogel Fault at the boundary of the Roer Valley Graben, Belgium

J Deckers, K Van Noten, M Schiltz, T Lecocq… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Grote Brogel Fault (GBF) is a major WNW-ESE striking normal fault in Belgium
that diverges westward from the NW-SE striking western border fault system of the Roer …

Networks of unusually large fossil periglacial polygons, Campine area, northern Belgium

K Beerten, E Meylemans, C Kasse, T Mestdagh… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of polygon networks has been discovered on the most recent LiDAR (Light
Detection and Ranging) DEM (Digital Elevation Model) of Flanders (Belgium) available in a …