Title
The sand extraction potential of embedded land surface lowering in the Netherlands
Author
van der Meulen, M.J.
de Kleine, M.P.E.
Veldkamp, J.G.
Dubelaar, C.W.
Pietersen, H.S.
Publication year
2004
Abstract
In the Netherlands, mineral extraction by means of dredging or quarrying meets with considerable societal resistance. Land surface lowering prior to large land reconstruction projects may raise fewer objections. We have calculated the potential yields of sand and gravel from land surface lowering embedded in planned building and construction projects, and in nature, farmland and recreation area development. Our primary data sets were a compilation of spatial plans for the period 1995 - 2005 and about 95,000 borehole descriptions. Even if embedded consistently, land surface lowering would contribute modestly (up to 5.4 Mio m 3/a) to the filling sand provision (annual demand 45 - 50 Mio m3/a).
Subject
Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands
Geological Survey Netherlands
Gravel
Land surface lowering
Mineral extraction
Sand
Spatial planning
The Netherlands
dredging
mineral deposit
quarrying
sand and gravel
Benelux
Eastern Hemisphere
Eurasia
Europe
Netherlands
Western Europe
World
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TNO identifier
237798
ISSN
0016-7746
Source
Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 83 (83), 147-151
Document type
article