The Bergen inlet, transgressive and regressive Holocene shoreline deposits in the northwestern Netherlands
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The scouring effect of the inlet caused significant erosion of the Pleistocene sandy sediments. In the deepest part of the inlet a 15m sandy clay deposit is encountered interpreted as Regression I. This deposit was caused either by enlargement of the ebbtidal delta or by clogging of the smaller inlets situated further inland. After that time this shoreline moved landwards to the region of Uitgeest. A significant progradation of the coastline south of the inlet and a retreat in southeastern direction of the hooked spits north of the inlet resulted in the closing of the Bergen inlet. Dating by mean of pollen analysis indicate a short 'life' of the Bergen inlet (5300-3300 BP). The formation of the Bergen inlet is though to be related to erosion during the Saale glaciation.-from Author
TNO Identifier
229428
Source
Geologie en Mijnbouw, 62(3), pp. 471-486.
Pages
471-486