scholarly journals 3D Geostatistical Interpolation and Geological Interpretation of Paleo–Groundwater Rise in the Holocene Coastal Prism in the Netherlands

2005 ◽  
pp. 341-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIM M. COHEN
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Geological Interpretation ◽  
Geostatistical Interpolation ◽  
Groundwater Rise

Morphology, genesis, and distribution of calcareous material in Late Weichselian sediments of the Rhine and Meuse rivers in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-448
Author(s):  
A.G. Jongmans ◽  
R. Miedema
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Late Weichselian ◽  
Calcareous Sediment

In Late Weichselian sediments of the rivers Rhine and Meuse locally and haphazardly calcareous sediments were deposited. Field investigation of a cross section through a calcareous sediment and subsequent micromorphological investigation of biological activity, decalcification and clay illuviation indicate that such local occurrences are slabs of frozen, calcareous sediments, transported and redeposited as floes during periglacial conditions. Sedimentation of the calcareous material is probably of Bolling age and was accompanied by bioturbation. Decalcification, transport and resedimentation as floes occurred during the Old Dryas. Early in the Allerod the material was strongly bioturbated. Clay illuviation should be dated in the Young Dryas and gley and pseudogley formation, finally, in the Holocene. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

The role of scale in the biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the Holocene Series in The Netherlands

The Holocene ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Roel Janssen ◽  
Torbjörn E. Törnqvist
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
The Holocene

scholarly journals History of geological mapping of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta, the Netherlands

2007 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J.A. Berendsent
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Geomorphological Mapping ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Geological Map ◽  
Archeological Artifacts

AbstractA brief overview is given of the history of geological mapping of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta. The first accurate map of the delta, based on field observations, was made by Vink (1926). The geological map of the Netherlands, scale 1 : 50,000, made by the ‘Geologische Stichting’ (1927 – 1938) under the supervision of P. Tesch totally neglected Vink’s work, and was a step backwards with regard to the mapping of the Holocene delta. Between 1940 and 1965, the Wageningen group of soil scientists produced detailed regional soil maps, that had a strong ‘geogenetic’ component. In the 1960’s a revolutionary ‘profile type legend’ was introduced by the Netherlands’ Geological Survey. This allowed to map not only the outcropping sediments, but the whole Holocene succession, which gave more insight into the geological history. Over the past 30 years, the Rhine-Meuse delta has been studied extensively by students of physical geography at Utrecht University. More than 250,000 borehole descriptions, 1500 14C dates and over 36,000 archeological artifacts with associated ages (collected by the National Service for Archaeological Heritage) have accumulated, resulting in the largest database of a delta in the world. The production of detailed maps has been crucial to the solution of many scientific problems. The use of GIS has greatly enhanced geological and geomorphological mapping, and subsequently, understanding of the evolution of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta. A new detailed digital elevation map of the Netherlands, based on very accurate laser-altimetry data, will enable us to map larger areas in greater detail, with greater accuracy, and in a much shorter period of time.

scholarly journals Fossil and recent soil formation in lateleistocene loess deposits in the southern part of the Netherlands.

1978 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-335
Author(s):  
S. Slager ◽  
A.G. Jongmans ◽  
R. Miedema ◽  
L.J. Pons
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Preferential Orientation ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Animal Burrows ◽  
Animal Activity ◽  
Loess Deposits

In the younger, Weichselian (Wurm, Wisconsin) loess deposits in the south of the Netherlands there is a horizon with fossil pedotubules (filled animal burrows). These pedotubules, 3 mm ( plus or minus 1 mm) in diameter, unbranched, without preferential orientation, are most abundant in the zone extending from about 30 cm above the decalcification boundary (situated 2-3 m below the soil surface) to some decimeters below it. They are rare in the B3t horizon of the overlying Hapludalf. Their lower extension boundary occurs some 2 m below the decalcification boundary. These tubules result from fossil animal activity followed by decalcification, mainly of a Boelling soil surface. A loess layer some 2 m thick was probably deposited in the post-Boelling period; the lower part of this layer has a lamellae spot zone. Micromorphological evidence shows that the lamellae spot zone was originally at the actual soil surface. Consequently a geogenic origin of the lamellae spot zone rather than a pedogenic origin seems likely. Soil formation subsequently intensified the textural differences. It is suggested that the post-Boelling loess was free of calcium carbonate at the beginning of the Holocene and was deposited non-calcareously or was decalcified synsedimentarily. In Western Europe, loess soils formed from Pleistocene deposits probably matured earlier in the Holocene than has been assumed hitherto. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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