Late Quaternary (15 ka to present) development of a sandy landscape in the Mol area, Campine region, north-east Belgium

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 433-444

  Beerten, K ^a   Vandersmissen, N ^b   Deforce, K ^c,d   Vandenberghe, N ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Koning Flanders Heritage Albert II laan19 bus5   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drift sand; European sand belt; Land use change; Soil formation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOL; QUATERNARY; SAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND EROSION;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; KEMPEN; MOL;

EID: 84904252005     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2713     Document Type: Article

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