Patterns and estimates of post-Rupelian burial and erosion in the Campine area, north-eastern Belgium

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-20

  Beerten, K ^a   De Craen, M ^a   Wouters, L ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Denudation; Neogene; Quaternary; Southern North Sea basin; Subsidence; Uplift

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; NEO GENES; QUATERNARY; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; UPLIFT;

ESTIMATION; SUBSIDENCE;

EROSION;

BOOM CLAY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DATA SET; DENUDATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; GEODYNAMICS; OUTCROP; QUATERNARY; RUPELIAN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBSIDENCE;

BELGIUM; KEMPEN;

EID: 84884353818     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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