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Kombrink, H. (author), Leever, K.A. (author), van Wees, J.-D. (author), van Bergen, F. (author), David, P. (author), Wong, T.E. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)The large thickness of Upper Carboniferous strata found in the Netherlands suggests that the area was subject to long-term subsidence. However, the mechanisms responsible for subsidence are not quantified and are poorly known. In the area north of the London Brabant Massif, onshore United Kingdom, subsidence during the Namurian-Westphalian B has...article 2008
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Jonkman, S.N. (author), Vrijling, J.K. (author), Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)This article deals with methods for the estimation of loss of life due to flooding. These methods can be used to assess the flood risks and to identify mitigation strategies. The first part of this article contains a comprehensive review of existing literature. Methods have been developed for different types of floods in different regions. In...article 2008
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Beumer, V. (author), van Wirdum, G. (author), Beltman, B. (author), Griffioen, J. (author), Grootjans, A.P. (author), Verhoeven, J.T.A. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Dutch water policy aims for more frequent, controlled flooding of river valley floodplains to avoid unwanted flooding elsewhere; in anticipation of increased flooding risks resulting from climate changes. Controlled flooding usually takes place in winter in parts of the valleys which had not been subject to flooding in the last decades. It may...article 2008
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van den Brink, C. (author), Zaadnoordijk, W.J. (author), van der Grift, B. (author), de Ruiter, P.C. (author), Griffioen, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A negotiation support system (NSS) was developed to solve groundwater conflicts that arose during land-use management. It was set up in cooperation with the stakeholders involved to provide information on the impact of land use, e.g., agriculture, nature (forested areas), recreation, and urban areas, on the quality of both infiltrating and...article 2008
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Jonker, J.H. (author), Kodde, M.J. (author), Bakker, K.J. (author), TNO Bouw en ondergrond (author)The Netherlands is a small country with limited space for further urban development. Further the number of inhabitants is still growing which means a further need for houses, roads and additional workspace. The combination of the above means a densification in the build up areas. Conventional solutions may take too much space; new alternatives...article 2008
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Savage, N.H. (author), Pyle, J.A. (author), Braesicke, P. (author), Wittrock, F. (author), Richter, A. (author), Nüß, H. (author), Burrows, J.P. (author), Schultz, M.G. (author), Pulles, M.P.J. (author), van het Bolscher, M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Interannual variability (IAV) in tropospheric species concentrations can be driven by variability in emissions, chemistry, transport and UV radiation. In a 3D CTM study we have found good agreement between the IAV of NO2 columns observed by the GOME satellite instrument and model simulations over Western Europe from 1996 to 2000. We find that...article 2008
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Rosmuller, N. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In the Netherlands, the Betuweline is a dedicated freight railway. It will, among other things, be used for transportation of all kinds of hazardous materials from the Port of Rotterdam to the German Hinterland and vice versa. The line is approximately 150km long. Alongside the line, over more than 100 km noise shields are apparent. The question...article 2008
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Nelskamp, S. (author), David, P. (author), Littke, R. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Sedimentary basins in The Netherlands contain significant amounts of hydrocarbon resources, which developed in response to temperature and pressure history during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times. Quantification and modelling of burial, maturity and temperature histories are the major goals of this study, allowing for a better understanding of the...article 2008
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Smit, R. (author), Poelman, M. (author), Schrijver, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Does consideration of average speed distributions on roads-as compared to single mean speed-lead to different results in emission modelling of large road networks? To address this question, a post-processing method is developed to predict mean speed distributions using available traffic data from a dynamic macroscopic traffic model (Indy) that...article 2008
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Westerhoff, W.E. (author), Kemna, H.A. (author), Boenigk, W. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)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...article 2008
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Mohangoo, A.D. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author), Hukkelhouen, C.W.P.M. (author), Ravelli, A.C.J. (author), Rijninks-van Driel, G.C. (author), Tamminga, P. (author), Nijhuis, J.G. (author)Objective. Comparison of perinatal mortality in the Netherlands with that in other European countries (Peristat-II), and with data collected 5 years previously (Peristat-I). Design. Descriptive study. Method. Indicators of perinatal mortality which were developed for Peristat-I were used again in Peristat-II. Data on perinatal mortality in 2004...article 2008
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van den Berg, B. (author), van Dommelen, P. (author), Stam, P. (author), Laske-Aldershof, T. (author), Buchmueller, T. (author), Schut, F.T. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Legislation that came into effect in 2006 has dramatically altered the health insurance system in the Netherlands, placing greater emphasis on consumer choice and competition among insurers. The potential for such competition depends largely on consumer preferences for price and quality of service by insurers and quality of affiliated providers....article 2008
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- Knowles, A. (author), van der Schaaf, D.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author) article 2008
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Brink, C.v.d. (author), Zaadnoordijk, W.J. (author), Burgers, S. (author), Griffioen, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Groundwater quality management relies more and more on models in recent years. These models are used to predict the risk of groundwater contamination for various land uses. This paper presents an assessment of uncertainties and sensitivities to input parameters for a regional model. The model had been set up to improve and facilitate the...article 2008
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Busschers, F.S. (author), van Balen, R.T. (author), Cohen, K.M. (author), Kasse, C. (author), Weerts, H.J.T. (author), Wallinga, J. (author), Bunnik, F.P.M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A new reconstruction of the interaction between the Saalian Drente glaciation ice margin and the Rhine-Meuse fluvial system is presented based on a sedimentary analysis of continuous core material, archived data and a section in an ice-pushed ridge. Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) was applied to obtain independent age control on these...article 2008
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Huisman, D.J. (author), Pols, S. (author), Joosten, I. (author), van Os, B.J.H. (author), Smit, A. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A group of Roman glass objects from the Bocholtz burial in the SW of Limburg (The Netherlands) was found to have been subject to varying degrees of degradation. Many of the 25 colourless glass objects were fragmented to pieces <0.1 cm ("sugared"), whereas the three transparent blue-green glass objects were in near-pristine state. Analyses using...article 2008
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TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author), Curier, R.L. (author), Veefkind, J.P. (author), Braak, R. (author), Veihelmann, B. (author), Torres, O. (author), de Leeuw, G. (author)The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) multiwavelength algorithm has been developed to retrieve aerosol optical depth using OMI-measured reflectance at the top of the atmosphere. This algorithm was further developed by using surface reflectance data from a field campaign in Cabauw (The Netherlands), a new cloud-screening method, and a global...article 2008
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TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author), van Waveren, I.M. (author), Abbink, O.A. (author), van Hoof, T.B. (author), van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, J.H.A. (author)Biostratigrahical re-analysis of palaeobotanical data from the De Lutte-06 well clarifies an earlier controversy regarding the stratigraphical interpretation of this well based on palaeobotanical and palynological analysis. Previous biostratigraphical studies suggested an early Westphalian D age for the major part of the De Lutte formation, with...article 2008
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Fest, E.P.M.J. (author), Temminghoff, E.J.M. (author), Griffioen, J. (author), van der Grift, B. (author), van Riemsdijk, W.H. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Aluminium has received great attention in the second half of the 20th century, mainly in the context of the acid rain problem mostly in forest soils. In this research the effect of land use and depth of the groundwater on Al, pH and DOC concentration in groundwater under Dutch sandy soils has been studied. Both pH and DOC concentration play a...article 2007
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Wallinga, J. (author), Bos, A.J.J. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Murray, A.S. (author), Schokker, J. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Infrared-stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating of feldspars has the potential to date deposits beyond the age range of quartz optical (OSL) dating. Successful application of feldspar IRSL dating is, however, often precluded due to anomalous-fading, the tunnelling of electrons from one defect site to another. In this paper we test procedures...article 2007