Monitoring Network TM-71

Lorette Cave (Belgium)

Site: Lorette Cave Country: Belgium Coordinates: N 50°9'19,0'' E 5°13'33,0'' Google Earth: If you can´t see anything, try to zoom out the map. Download KML file for Google Earth Gauge count: 1 Geological situation: The Val d’Enfer scientific research laboratory in Lorette Cave is situated to the south of the town of Rochefort in the Belgium Ardennes. This site has been used as a scientific research laboratory for nearly twenty years. The cave itself has developed in Givetian limestones and comprises a network of large galleries that follow the strike direction of the stratigraphic unit together with smaller galleries that follow the dip direction. In January 2014 an optical-mechanical crack gauge was insta Observed fault 1 Lorette Cave 1 Course of inclination: 160 ° / Sklon: 50 ° Installation date: Coopering institutions: The Royal Observatory of Belgium The University of Mons References: Camelbeeck, T., van Ruymbeke, M., Quinif, Y., Vandycke, S., de Kerchove, E., Ping, Z., 2012. Observation and interpretation of fault activity in the Rochefort cave (Belgium). Tectonophysics, 581, 48-61. Picture/Photo: (click for enlarge)   Location of the gauge TM-71