Geologische Traverse von der Wurm-Mulde in die Niederrheinische Bucht (Exkursion G am 1. April 2016) - Geological traverse across the Wurm syncline to the Lower Rhine Embayment

This field trip crosses the coal-bearing Upper Carboniferous Wurm syncline NW of the Variscan front and ends at the Cenozoic sediments of the Lower Rhine embayment. It covers the NE–SW striking Variscan fold- and thrust belt, the unconformably overlying Upper Cretaceous sands and carbonate rocks of the Lousberg, the Tertiary coastal sands of the regressing North Sea basin and the Quaternary gravels of the East-Maas terraces. Meanwhile the history of mining, documented 1353 AD and thus one of the world’s oldest hard coal mine districts, is discussed.