Zandsteenblokken

Zandsteenblokken

Epenerbaan
Bergdorpje Vijlen
During a period of the Tertiary, 40 to 12 million years ago, South Limburg was flooded several times by the North Sea. The coastline shifted into the Ardennes.

Clay and sand were alternately deposited in this sea. When the sea withdrew to the west about 12 million years ago, South Limburg was dissolved together with the Ardennes and came to lie in the basin of the Oost-Maas.

A prolonged period of erosion set in. The deposited clay and sand was for the most part broken down. Bonding of sand by means of quartz cement resulted in the formation of the sandstone blocks present here.
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