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Journal of the Geological Society; 1994; v. 151; issue.3; p. 439-448;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.151.3.0439
© 1994 Geological Society of London

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Palaeostress analysis and geodynamical implications of Cretaceous-Tertiary faulting in Kent and the Boulonnais

F. BERGERAT1 & S. VANDYCKE2,

1 Laboratoire de Tectonique Quantitative, URA 1315 CNRS, Boîte 129, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
2 FNRS, Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, 9 rue de Houdain, 7000 Mons, Belgium

Detailed studies of fracture patterns and palaeostress reconstruction based on fault slip data analysis allow identification of five main palaeostress fields in the Cretaceous formations of the Boulonnais and Kent areas. These stress patterns correspond to six successive tectonic events: (1) a N–S compression/E–W extension of early Cenomanian age, (2) an E-W extension of late Cenoma-nian age, and (3) four post-Santonian events with N–S, E–W, NW–SE and NE–SW extensions, respectively. The first event, interpreted from conjugate strike-slip faults is related to the beginning of the Sub-Hercynian phase and linked to a right-lateral motion of the Nord-Artois Shear Zone. The first E-W extensional event and the N-S extensional event could be related to the last rifting episodes of the North Sea graben and English Channel (Wessex basin). The others post-Santonian extensional events are related to Late Cretaceous, Tertiary and Recent tectonic episodes.




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