Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Although the recent history of human colonisation and impact on Mauritius is well documented, virtually no records of the pre-human native ecosystem exist, making it difficult to assess the magnitude of the changes brought about by human settlement. Here, we describe a 4000-year-old fossil bed at Mare aux Songes (MAS) in south-eastern Mauritius...

Surface and subsurface expressions of gas seepage to the seabed – examples from the Southern North Sea

Expressions of gas seepage observable within North Sea seismic and acoustic data include seabed pockmarks, seepage plumes in the water column, acoustic blanking, shallow enhanced reflectors, and shallow seismic chimneys. Three areas were selected for a marine survey in

Revised Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Dutch sector of the North Sea Basin: Towards an integrated lithostratigraphic, seismostratigraphic and allostratigraphic approach

A revised Upper Cenozoic stratigraphic framework of the Dutch sector of the North Sea Basin is presented whereby offshore stratigraphic units are integrated or correlated with onshore units. The framework is based on an integrated stratigraphic approach that combines elements of lithostratigraphy, seismostratigraphy and allostratigraphy....

A sporomorph ecogroup model for the Northwest European Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous II: Application to an exploration well from the Dutch North Sea

Jurassic shallow marine to non-marine depositional sequences are among the most important economic targets in the North Sea. Detailed, 'high resolution' stratigraphy of these sequences has become a necessity in both predictive geological exploration models as well as in production reservoir models. In these paralic sequences, palynomorphs are...

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...

A southern North Sea Miocene dinoflagellate cyst zonation

An integrated stratigraphical analysis emphasizing organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) distribution has been carried out on multiple boreholes penetrating the Miocene in the subsurface of the Netherlands (southern North Sea Basin). The bulk of the investigated successions is attributed to the Breda Formation, a regional...