A new rodent chronology for the late Neogene of Spain

The number of late Neogene Spanish micromammal-containing continental sections with a correlation to the Geomagnetic Time Scale is steadily growing. Nonetheless, well-calibrated sections with dense micromammal records are still rare, biostratigraphic correlations between basins are not straightforward, and ages of uncalibrated sites are poorly...

Early Pleistocene Tiglian sites in the Netherlands A revised view on the significance for quaternary stratigraphy

Using tetraether lipids archived in North Sea Basin sediments to extract North Western European Pliocene continental air temperatures

The Pliocene is often regarded as a suitable analogue for future climate, due to an overall warmer climate (2–3◦C) coupled with atmospheric CO2concentrations largely similar to present values (∼400 ppmv). Numerous Pliocene sea surface temperature (SST) records are available, however, little is known about climate in the terrestrial realm. Here...

Neogene stratigraphy of the Langenboom locality (Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)

The locality of Langenboom (eastern Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands), also known as Mill, is famous for its Neogene molluscs, shark teeth, teleost remains, birds and marine mammals. The stratigraphic context of the fossils, which have been collected from sand suppletions, was hitherto poorly understood. Here we report on a section which has been...

Pliocene paleoenvironment evolution as interpreted from 3D-seismic data in the southern North Sea, Dutch offshore sector

A high-resolution 3D-seismic survey from the Dutch offshore sector has been interpreted and subsequently correlated with existing regional seismo-stratigraphic concepts derived from conventional 2D-seismic data sets. The interpreted 13 seismic units have been related to a newly established chrono-stratigraphic framework [Kuhlmann et al., 2006a,...

The confluence area of Rhine, Meuse, and Belgian rivers: Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene fluvial history of the northern Lower Rhine Embayment

The fluvial history of the northern Lower Rhine Embayment shows interplay of three main river systems: Rhine, Meuse and smaller rivers draining the central and northern part of Belgium. The Pliocene and Early Pleistocene (pre-)Rhine and Meuse river systems had their conjunction in the southern part of the Roer Valley Graben between Aachen and...

Remarks on the palynology-based chronostratigraphical subdivision of Pliocene terrestrial deposits in NW-Europe

The chronostratigraphical subdivision of the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene as applied in terrestrial deposits of Central and NW-Europe largely relies on the pollen analytical investigations. This subdivision is almost entirely based on the interpretation of quantitative changes of the vegetational cover as recorded by the pollen content of...

Integrated chronostratigraphy of the Pliocene-Pleistocene interval and its relation to the regional stratigraphical stages in the southern North Sea region

Time-stratigraphic interpretations of Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene sediments from onshore locations and from marginal marine settings of the North Sea Basin often refer to the subdivision of the Dutch and British 'Quaternary' regional stratigraphic stages. Since age control for these stages and their stage boundaries are based on relative...

The geometry and stratigraphic position of the Maassluis Formation (western Netherlands and southeastern North Sea)

The geometry and depositional history of the Maassluis Formation is described from an East-West oriented transect located in the west-central Netherlands and P- and Q-blocks in the Dutch offshore area. The Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Maassluis Formation was deposited under near coastal marine conditions. Two distinct facies are...

Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) dating of marine shells from pliocene and pleistocene shallow marine deposits in The Netherlands

87Sr/86Sr (Strontium) ratio analyses of shell material (mainly Arctica islandica) from 24 levels in the Maassluis Formation of boreholes Noordwijk, Zegveld and Terschelling suggest that the age of the formation ranges from 0.82 to 2.34 Ma (± 0.5 Ma), and that the Oosterhout Formation at Noordwijk could be as much as 2.5 Ma older than hitherto...

Provenance of Pliocene sediments and paleoenvironmental changes in the southern North Sea region using Samarium-Neodymium (Sm/Nd) provenance ages and clay mineralogy

An 800-m-thick sedimentary succession from the Late Pliocene North Sea has been investigated on the provenance of the sediments and on changes of the source regions related to transport processes and climate changes. The lower Zanclean to Piacenzian part of the succession, from 1250 to 1050 m depth, and the middle Early Gelasian part, from 1100...

Estimating regional pore pressure distribution using 3D seismic velocities in the Dutch Central North Sea Graben

The application of the empirical Eaton method to calibrated sonic well information and 3D seismic interval velocity data in the southeastern part of the Central North Sea Graben, using the Japsen (Glob. Planet. Change 24 (2000) 189) normal velocitydepth trend, resulted in the identification of an undercompacted and overpressured zone within the...