Alluvial architecture of the Quaternary Rhine-Meuse River system in the Netherlands
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A combination of major tectonic movements and climatic cycles (periglacial to temperate-warm, non-arid) has resulted in different sedimentation patterns on either side of the terrace intersection. Upstream of this intersection, a vertical series of river terraces was formed. The coarse-grained gravelly deposits within these terrace units show the characteristics of a braided river (Scott-type sequentional model) and reflect general aggradation during cold, ie glacial, stages. During interglacials, meandering rivers cut into the previously formed braided river deposits causing net sediment removal. Deposits dating from interglacials are very scarce. Downstream of the intersection, the average sedimentation rate kept up with subsidence. Sediment was supplied mostly by braided rivers during cold stages and the resulting sequences resemble the Donjek type sequentional model. -from Author
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232335
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Geologie en Mijnbouw, 72(4), pp. 321-330.
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321-330