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Enseignements de i'étude Morphosédimentaire de la Grézière de Tilly‐sur‐Meuse

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  • D. Harmand
  • A. Weisrock Et M. Deshaies

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La grézière de Tilly‐sur‐Meuse, située sur le versant ouest de la vallée de la Meuse lorraine, à 20 km au sud de Verdun, présente plusieurs cǒnes surbaissés coalescents de grèze, euxměmes constitués de trois formations. Les trois formations sont constitutées de la base vers le sommet par: des grèzes inférieures, jaunes et à litage centimétrique, coïncidant avec des cǒnes progradant vers le nord‐est (ces grèzes forment l'essentiel du dépǒt): des grèzes médianes, alternativement brunes et jaunes, correspondant à un dépǒt d'intercone; des grèzes supérieures coïncidant avec un nouveau cone progradant vers l'est. Les grèzes des trois formations sont essentiellement des grèzes maigres ‐ la part des éléments fins excède rarement quelques pour cent ‐ composées surtout d'éléments de la taille des graviers: les éléments de taille supérieure à 2 mm représentent souvent plus de la moitié de l'échantillon. Ceci est directement lié a la nature lithologique des calcaires sublithographiques de l'Oxfordien moyen, qui fournissent fort peu de matériaux fins. Ces grèzes ont été affectées par des processus post‐sédimentaires: cryoturbation, alteration et induration. The stratified sediments described (la grézière) occur on the west bank of the Meuse, 20 km south of Verdun. They form coalescing fans. Three formations can be recognised: lower grèzes, yellow and well sorted, coinciding with a fan prograding towards the north‐east; middle grèzes. yellow and brown, corresponding to an interfan deposit; and upper grèzes, corresponding to a fan prograding towards the east. The three grèzes are grèzes maigres since fines rarely exceed a few per cent. The sediments are derived from local bedrock and have been affected by post‐depositional processes such as cryoturbation, alteration and induration. Slopewash is thought to be the process responsible for deposition, operating during the cold periods of the Pleistocene.

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  • D. Harmand & A. Weisrock Et M. Deshaies, 1995. "Enseignements de i'étude Morphosédimentaire de la Grézière de Tilly‐sur‐Meuse," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(2), pages 109-117, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:6:y:1995:i:2:p:109-117
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430060208
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