From river valley to estuary: The evolution of the Rhine mouth in the early to middle Holocene (western Netherlands, Rhine-Meuse delta)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-53

  Hijma, M P ^a,b,c   Cohen, K M ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, G ^d   Van Der Spek, A J F ^c,e   Stouthamer, E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Utrecht Centre of Geosciences   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bay head delta; Fluvial; Fluvial tidal fluvial marine transition; Sea level rise; Transgression

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ESTUARY; FACIES; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VALLEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; NORTH SEA; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649518334     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600000986     Document Type: Article

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