Abstract
Quaternary deformations in the Netherlands are of several kinds. In the first place the country was part of the subsiding North-sea basin, as appears from the contour-map of the base of the Quaternary (fig. 1).
In the SW. strong movements along faults took place, causing a horst and graben structure, being a continuation of that of the Lower Rhine. Quaternary terraces were affected by these (fig. 2). Recent levellings show that a general tilting and differential movements are still going on. Whether also true folding occurred during the Quaternary can not yet be said.
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Pannekoek, A.J. Einige Beispiele quartärer Tektonik in den Niederlanden. Geol Rundsch 43, 52–56 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01764084
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