A staged geogenetic approach to underwater archaeological prospection in the Port of Rotterdam (Yangtzehaven, Maasvlakte, The Netherlands): A geological and palaeoenvironmental case study for local mapping of Mesolithic lowland landscapes

This study presents the geogenetic approach to detect presently drowned archaeological sites in the transgressive palaeoenvironment of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta. A staged and practical approach is advocated in which subsurface archaeological predictions are based on geological mapping and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the underwater...

The implications of K-Ar glauconite dating of the Diest Formation on the paleogeography of the Upper Miocene in Belgium

The glauconite-rich Diest Formation in central and north Belgium contains sands in the Campine subsurface and the hilly Hageland area that can be distinguished from each other. The Hageland Diest Sands member contains no stratigraphically relevant fossils while in the Campine subsurface dinoflagellate cysts are common and show a stratigraphic...

Reconstructing North Sea palaeolandscapes from 3D and high-density 2D seismic data: An overview

The North Sea subsurface shows the marks of long-term tectonic subsidence. Much of it contains a thick record of glacial and interglacial deposits and landscapes, formed during multiple glacial cycles and the associated regressions and transgressions during the past two million years. At times of lower sea level than today, areas that are...

Seismisch hazard van geinduceerde aardbevingen: integratie van deelstudies

In het kader van de in 2003 gewijzigde Mijnbouwwet moeten per 1 januari 2003 seismische risico analyses in het winningsplan opgenomen worden. Sinds 2003 is door TNO en KNMI, onder meer in opdracht van de mijnbouwmaatschappijen, een aantal studies verricht naar de seismische hazard door geïnduceerde aardbevingen. In 2004 zijn de resultaten van...