A regional, S-dipping late Early to Middle Ordovician palaeoslope in the Brabant Massif, as indicated by slump folds (Anglo-brabant deformation belt, Belgium)

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 145-159

  Debacker, Timothy N ^a   De Meester, Els ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anglo brabant deformation belt; Avalonia; Cleavage fold relationship; Detachment; Ordovician; Slump fold

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449714300     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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