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The diversity of teleost fishes during the terminal Cretaceous and the consequences of the K/Pg boundary extinction event Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Werner W. Schwarzhans, Giorgio Carnevale, Gary L. Stringer
The Late Cretaceous was a time of blossoming teleost diversification that came to a sudden restriction and partial termination during the extinction event at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary. Among the dominant and diverse Late Cretaceous teleost groups prior to the K/Pg boundary event were certain pelagic Aulopiformes (e.g., Ichthyotringoidei and Enchodontoidei) and a large variety of basal
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New radiocarbon age constraints on the eruption history of the Quill volcano, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Pieter Z. Vroon, Hobie M. van Zadelhoff, Bert van der Valk, Michiel J. van der Meulen, Gareth R. Davies
The late Pleistocene to Holocene subaerial pyroclastic deposits of the Quill stratovolcano on the Caribbean island of St Eustatius form seven stratigraphic divisions. New radiocarbon ages of charcoal are presented for the second, third and seventh divisions in order to better constrain the Quill’s eruption history. Three samples from the same layer of Division 2 at two localities on the northeast coast
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The brachiopod assemblage from the Maastrichtian white chalk at Chełm, eastern Poland: stratigraphical and palaeoecological implications Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Marcin Machalski, Maria Aleksandra Bitner
Brachiopods from the lower upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) white chalk succession exposed at Chełm (eastern Poland) comprise Lingula cretacea, Isocrania costata, Cryptoporella antiqua, Cretirhynchia sp., Neoliothyrina sp., Carneithyris sp., Terebratulina chrysalis, T. faujasi, T. longicollis, Terebratulina spp., Gisilina sp., Bronnothyris bronni, Magas chitoniformis, Leptothyrellopsis polonicus
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Thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation of cooling-induced fault reactivation in Dutch geothermal reservoirs Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Bakul Mathur, Hannes Hofmann, Mauro Cacace, Gergő András Hutka, Arno Zang
Geothermal energy is one of the most viable sources of renewable heat. However, the potential risk of induced seismicity associated with geothermal operations may slow down the growth of the geothermal sector. Previous research has led to significant progress in understanding fluid-injection-induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs. However, an in-depth assessment of thermal effects on the seismic
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A nomenclatural note on Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Squamata, Mosasauroidea) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Anne S. Schulp, Daniëlle Slootjes, John W.M. Jagt, Eric W.A. Mulder, Nathalie Bardet
The historically important mosasaur fossil (known as ‘le grand animal fossile des carrières de Maestricht’) has been known as Mosasaurus hoffmanni for almost two centuries now. Recently, it has been proposed to amend the spelling of the species name, by adding a second ‘i’ to the species epithet. We present historical evidence to the contrary, and recommend, following article 33.2.3.1 of the ICZN,
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Large-scale morphological changes and sediment budget of the Western Scheldt estuary 1955–2020: the impact of large-scale sediment management Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Edwin P. L. Elias, Ad J. F. Van der Spek, Zheng Bing Wang, Jelmer Cleveringa, Claire J. L. Jeuken, Marcel Taal, Jebbe J. Van der Werf
In the Western Scheldt estuary, like in many estuaries, safe navigation, flood protection, and ecological targets require a balanced and sustainable sediment management. A thorough understanding of the morphodynamic functioning of the estuary and its response to changes in hydrodynamics (natural sediment transport) and large-scale interventions is imperative. This paper presents a detailed overview
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Induced seismicity in the Groningen gas field – arrest of ruptures by fault plane irregularities Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 H. M. Wentinck, M. Kortekaas
From dynamic rupture simulations, we reveal under which conditions a rupture in the Groningen gas field stops along fault dip or along fault strike after it starts on a fault in the reservoir. The simulations focus on the capabilities of fault plane irregularities to arrest ruptures. Such irregularities can be recognised in sandstone outcrops. Fault planes in the Groningen field, extracted from the
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Fish remains from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Winterswijk, the Netherlands (Pisces: Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Bart de Lange, Emmanuel Chenal, Henk J. Diependaal, Jelle W.F. Reumer
Chondrichthyan and actinopterygian fish remains from Rhaetian (c. 208.05–201.36 Ma) or perhaps Late Norian deposits in the Winterswijk quarry are described. The most abundant taxon is the actinopterygian Gyrolepis albertii, followed by the chondrichthyan Lissodus minimus. Furthermore, the palaeopterygian actinopterygians Saurichthys longidens and Birgeria acuminata, and some teeth of neopterygians
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A cyclostratigraphic framework of the Upper Carboniferous Westoe and Cleaver formations in the southern North Sea Basin as a methodology for stratigraphic reservoir characterisation Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Timothy F. Baars, Richard Huis in ‘t Veld, Linzhi Zhang, Maaike Koopmans, Duncan McLean, Allard W. Martinius, Hemmo A. Abels
Orbital driven climate control on sedimentation produces regional, stratigraphically repetitive characters and so cyclostratigraphic correlation can improve correlation and identify stratigraphic trends in borehole sections. This concept is commonly used to correlate marine and lacustrine strata. However, in the alluvial domain, its use is more challenging because internal, local dynamics controlling
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Investigating seismicity rates with Coulomb failure stress models caused by pore pressure and thermal stress from operating a well doublet in a generic geothermal reservoir in the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Gergő András Hutka, Mauro Cacace, Hannes Hofmann, Bakul Mathur, Arno Zang
The utilisation of geothermal energy in the Netherlands is primarily focused on deep sedimentary aquifers, which are often intersected by major faults. Geothermal operations (i.e. fluid production and injection) may alter the effective stress state along these faults and trigger induced seismic events. Pore pressure perturbations have been generally considered the main driver of injection-induced seismicity
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Comparison of hydrocarbon and geothermal energy production in the Netherlands: reservoir characteristics, pressure and temperature changes, and implications for fault reactivation Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Loes Buijze, Hans Veldkamp, Brecht Wassing
The Netherlands is in the midst of an energy transition with hydrocarbon production gradually declining, whereas the role of sustainable energy technologies is on the rise. One of these technologies is geothermal energy production from porous reservoirs at 1.5–3 km depth. As the number of geothermal projects increases, there is a growing concern that felt and/or damaging induced seismic events could
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The first report of Chelonioidea cf. Ctenochelys from the Late Cretaceous of the Maastrichtian type area Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Jelle J.A. Heere, Jonathan J.W. Wallaard, Eric W.A. Mulder, Jasper Ponstein, Anne S. Schulp
A mandible of a Late Cretaceous sea turtle with affinities to Ctenochelys is reported from the Maastrichtian type area of the Netherlands. The triangular mandible has a well-developed symphyseal ridge surrounded on both sides by large, concave areas on the triturating surface. It represents the first potential occurrence of Ctenochelys from the Maastrichtian type area. This finding increases the diversity
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The influence of subsurface architecture on scour hole formation in the Rhine–Meuse delta, the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Sebastian M. Knaake, Esther Stouthamer, Menno W. Straatsma, Ymkje Huismans, Kim M. Cohen, Hans Middelkoop
Scour holes are common features in deltaic rivers which can destabilise embankments through oversteepening of the river bed. Their development has been studied extensively from the hydraulic perspective, but another important control is the erodibility of the river bed which varies considerably due to thickening of heterogeneous deltaic substrate towards the coast. Therefore, we assessed the influence
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Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous tectonostratigraphy of the German Central Graben, southern North Sea Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Simon Maximilian Müller, Fabian Jähne-Klingberg, Hauke Thöle, Finn Christian Jakobsen, Frithjof Bense, Jutta Winsemann, Christoph Gaedicke
The Central Graben is a Mesozoic sedimentary basin that is significantly influenced by rift and salt tectonics. Its southern part is located in the German and Dutch sectors of the North Sea. Even though studies exist on the tectonic and stratigraphic development of the Danish and Dutch Central Graben, the German Central Graben as an important link is less investigated. We aim to fill this gap and to
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New marine warm-temperate molluscan assemblage demonstrates warm conditions during the Middle Pleistocene of the North Sea Basin Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Frank P. Wesselingh, Tom Meijer, Ronald Harting, Marcel Bakker, Freek S. Busschers
We report a marine Middle Pleistocene mollusc fauna from a borehole near Luxwoude (Friesland, northern Netherlands). The fauna contains several species, including Bittium species, Acanthocardia paucicostata and Polititapes senescens, that hitherto have been used as indicative for warm (lusitanian) conditions in the southern North Sea Basin during the Late Pleistocene Eemian (MIS5e) interglacial. However
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A non-marine horseshoe crab from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Adiël A. Klompmaker, Timo J.B. van Eldijk, Herman Winkelhorst, Jelle W.F. Reumer
Horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) have a long evolutionary history starting in the Ordovician, but they have rarely been reported from the Netherlands. We report on the first Triassic horseshoe crab from the Netherlands identifiable to the species level, a specimen of the limulid Limulitella bronnii. We provide the first diagnosis for this species and refigure the holotype. The new specimen was found in
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Statistical analysis of static and dynamic predictors for seismic b-value variations in the Groningen gas field Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Dirk Kraaijpoel, Joana E. Martins, Sander Osinga, Bouko Vogelaar, Jaap Breunese
We perform statistical analyses on spatiotemporal patterns in the magnitude distribution of induced earthquakes in the Groningen natural gas field. The seismic catalogue contains 336 earthquakes with (local) magnitudes above $1.45$ , observed in the period between 1 January 1995 and 1 January 2022. An exploratory moving-window analysis of maximum-likelihood b-values in both time and space does not
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Characterising Dutch forests, wetlands and cultivated lands on the basis of phytolith assemblages Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Iris K. de Wolf, Crystal N.H. McMichael, Annemarie L. Philip, William D. Gosling
Palaeoecological reconstructions in the Netherlands are commonly based on pollen and macrofossil analysis, but can be limited if the preservation of organic material is poor. Phytoliths, biogenic silica, do not have this limitation and preserve in settings where other macro- and microfossils do not. Little is known about how phytolith assemblages preserved in soils and sediments reflect the parent
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Capturing spatial variability in the regional Ground Motion Model of Groningen, the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Pauline P. Kruiver, Manos Pefkos, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Xander Campman, Kira Ooms-Asshoff, Małgorzata Chmiel, Anaïs Lavoué, Peter J. Stafford, Jan van Elk
Long-term exploration of the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands led to induced seismicity. Over the past nine years, an increasingly sophisticated Ground Motion Model (GMM) has been developed to assess the site response and the related seismic hazard. The GMM output strongly depends on the shear-wave velocity (VS), among other input parameters. To date, VS model data from soil profiles (Kruiver
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Induced seismicity and seismic risk management – a showcase from the Californië geothermal field (the Netherlands) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Robert Vörös, Stefan Baisch
Two closely spaced geothermal doublets were operated in the Californië geothermal field near Venlo, the Netherlands. The geothermal wells target the Dinantian Zeeland formation below 2 km depth. For several years, hot fluid was produced from the Tegelen fault, a regional fault in the Roer Valley rift system, until a felt M1.7 earthquake led to the suspension of geothermal activities. The Californië
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The Lower Rhine (Germany) in Late Antiquity: a time of dissolving structures Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-14 Renate Gerlach, Jutta Meurers-Balke, Arie J. Kalis
From the middle of the 1st century AD, the Lower Rhine was part of the frontier of the Roman Empire (Limes). However, this Limes was not an impermeable line, but rather an open corridor that served as march area and as a trade and supply route for the adjacent military and civilian settlements as well as the hinterland. This required access to the river and permanent harbours. When planning military
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Induced aseismic slip and the onset of seismicity in displaced faults Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Jan-Dirk Jansen, Bernard Meulenbroek
We address aseismic fault slip and the onset of seismicity resulting from depletion-induced or injection-induced stresses in reservoirs with pre-existing vertical or inclined faults. Building on classic results, we discuss semi-analytical modelling techniques for fault slip including dislocation theory, Cauchy-type singular integral equations and the use of Chebyshev polynomials for their solution
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The benthic foraminiferal response to the mid-Maastrichtian event in the NW-European chalk sea of the Maastrichtian type area Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Iris Vancoppenolle, Johan Vellekoop, Monika Doubrawa, Pim Kaskes, Matthias Sinnesael, John W.M. Jagt, Philippe Claeys, Robert P. Speijer
The mid-Maastrichtian carbon isotope event (MME), dated at ∼69 Ma, reflects a perturbation of the global carbon cycle that, in part, correlates with the enigmatic global extinction of ‘true’ (i.e., non-tegulated) inoceramid bivalves. The mechanisms of this extinction event are still debated. While both the inoceramid extirpation and MME have been recorded in a variety of deep-sea sites, little is known
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A review of source models to further the understanding of the seismicity of the Groningen field Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Daniela Kühn, Sebastian Hainzl, Torsten Dahm, Gudrun Richter, Ismael Vera Rodriguez
The occurrence of felt earthquakes due to gas production in Groningen has initiated numerous studies and model attempts to understand and quantify induced seismicity in this region. The whole bandwidth of available models spans the range from fully deterministic models to purely empirical and stochastic models. In this article, we summarise the most important model approaches, describing their main
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Influence of Quaternary glaciations on subsurface temperatures, pore pressures, rock properties and petroleum systems in the onshore northeastern Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Sebastian Amberg, Victoria Sachse, Ralf Littke, Stefan Back
Pleistocene glacial stages were implemented into a 3D basin and petroleum systems model of the northeastern Netherlands to address the influence of low surface temperatures and the mechanical loading of ice sheets on the subsurface. Two ice sheet thickness scenarios were used based on published data. Overall, Quaternary glacial stages have a substantial impact on the temperature and pressure distribution
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Implications of the statistics of seismicity recorded within the Groningen gas field Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Jeannot Trampert, Roberto Benzi, Federico Toschi
We reanalysed the induced seismicity data from the Groningen gas reservoir. We used the well-maintained induced event catalogue of the KNMI. The distributions of seismic moments and interevent times show a power law behaviour over several decades, and we find that upon increasing the magnitude threshold, these distributions remained scale-invariant. Because of this scale-invariance, we can put a constraint
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Ryazanian (Berriasian) molluscs and biostratigraphy of the Dutch and Norwegian North Sea area (south of Viking Graben) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 N.M.M. Janssen, M.A. Rogov, V.A. Zakharov
Herein, Ryazanian (Berriasian) macrofossils from three well cores in the Central Graben (wells B18-02, L06-02, The Netherlands) and on the Jæren High (well 7/7-2, Norway) in the southern North Sea region are described. Macrofossils are mainly represented by buchiid bivalves (Buchia volgensis) and ammonites (Surites, Lynnia and Praetollia?). The genus Lynnia is recorded for the first time outside its
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Eemian to Early Weichselian regional and local vegetation development and sedimentary and geomorphological controls, Amersfoort Basin, The Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Cees Kasse, John D. van der Woude, Hessel A. G. Woolderink, Jeroen Schokker
Two new records from the Amersfoort glacial basin are investigated by means of pollen analysis. The cores are situated in the deeper part, close to the original Eemian stratotype Amersfoort 1 (Zagwijn, 1961) and at the margin of the basin. The aim is to reconstruct the Eemian and Early Weichselian vegetation development and to explore the impact of accommodation space, influx of allochthonous pollen
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Biostratigraphic ages and depositional environments of the upper Oligocene to lower Miocene Veldhoven Formation in the central Roer Valley Rift System (SE Netherlands-NE Belgium) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Dirk K. Munsterman, Jef Deckers
Discussions on the age and the depositional environments of the Veldhoven Formation and its members are persistent in Belgium and the Netherlands. Uncertainties on stratigraphy and the constructive process of sediment accumulation continue today as a result of lack of data on this succession within the Roer Valley Rift System. The present study provides new information on the bio- and lithostratigraphy
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The WASA core catalogue of Late Quaternary depositional sequences in the central Wadden Sea – A manual for the core repository Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-02-28 Ruggero M. Capperucci, Alexander Bartholomä, Friederike Bungenstock, Dirk Enters, Martina Karle, Achim Wehrmann
The reconstruction of submerged palaeolandscapes and detection of settling surfaces along coastal zones became a major research topic within the last two decades. In this context, the WASA project made use of a multidisciplinary approach for defining the extension and describing the characteristics of the Late Pleistocene to Holocene deposits in the central Wadden Sea region. In addition to sub-bottom
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The option of Roman canal construction by Drusus in the Vecht river area (the Netherlands): a geoarchaeological approach Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Jan G. M. Verhagen, Sjoerd J. Kluiving, Henk Kars
This paper presents a geoarcheological study on potential canal subsections present in the Roman-age Vecht branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta (the Netherlands).The first Roman canals in this delta were dug around 12 BC by Drusus, but their location has been the subject of debate since the 16th century, with various hypotheses proposed. Based on actual palaeogeographical knowledge of the Rhine-Meuse delta
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An overview of induced seismicity in the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Annemarie G. Muntendam-Bos, Gerco Hoedeman, Katerina Polychronopoulou, Deyan Draganov, Cornelis Weemstra, Wouter van der Zee, Richard R. Bakker, Hans Roest
We present an overview of induced seismicity due to subsurface engineering in the Netherlands. Our overview includes events induced by gas extraction, underground gas storage, geothermal heat extraction, salt solution mining and post-mining water ingress. Compared to natural seismicity, induced events are usually small (magnitudes ≤ 4.0). However, due to the soft topsoils in combination with shallow
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Luminescence dating of a late Middle Pleistocene glacial advance in eastern England Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Philip L. Gibbard, Mark D. Bateman, Jane Leathard, R.G. West
Previous investigation of isolated landforms, on the eastern margin of the East Anglian Fenland, England, has demonstrated that they represent an ice-marginal delta and alluvial fan complex deposited at the margin of an ice lobe that entered the Fenland during the ‘Tottenhill glaciation’ (termed the ‘Skertchly Line’). They have been attributed, based on regional correlations, to a glaciation during
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An enigmatic lower jaw from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of Winterswijk provides insights into dental configuration, tooth replacement and histology Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Stephan N.F. Spiekman, Nicole Klein
In the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event, several reptile lineages radiated to form major components of marine faunas during the entire Mesozoic. The Lower Muschelkalk, which was deposited within a shallow inland sea in the Germanic Basin during the Middle Triassic, is one of the most important regions for understanding the early evolution of Mesozoic marine reptiles. Here, we present
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Holocene relative sea-level data for the East Frisian barrier coast, NW Germany, southern North Sea Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Friederike Bungenstock, Holger Freund, Alexander Bartholomä
Collecting sea-level data from restricted coastal areas is essential for understanding local effects on relative sea level. Here, a revised relative mean sea-level curve for the area of the East Frisian island Langeoog, northwestern Germany, for the time period from 7200 cal BP until Recent is presented. The revision is based on the reinterpretation of previously published and unpublished data following
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Changes in floodplain geo-ecology in the Belgian loess belt during the first millennium AD Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-05-14 Nils Broothaerts, Ward Swinnen, Renske Hoevers, Gert Verstraeten
Variation in human activities has greatly impacted the processes and intensities of erosion, sediment transport and storage throughout the Late Holocene, and many lowland rivers around the world have responded to these variations. Although this long-term process–response relationship has been established before, the effects of short-term (c.200-year) changes in human impact on lowland rivers are less
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The Middle Pleistocene to early Holocene subsurface geology of the Norderney tidal basin: new insights from core data and high-resolution sub-bottom profiling (Central Wadden Sea, southern North Sea) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-05-14 Robin M. Schaumann, Ruggero M. Capperucci, Friederike Bungenstock, Tom McCann, Dirk Enters, Achim Wehrmann, Alexander Bartholomä
Pleistocene strata of the Wadden Sea region are mostly covered by an up to 10m thick sediment wedge deposited during the Holocene transgression. However, tidal inlets cut deep into the Holocene succession, causing Middle Pleistocene to early Holocene glacial and interglacial deposits to outcrop at the channel bottom. To investigate how the lithological properties and/or morphologies of these deposits
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Fossil molluscs from borehole Hollum (Ameland, the Netherlands) constrain three successive Quaternary interglacial marine intervals in the southern North Sea Basin Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-05-07 Tom Meijer, Ronald Pouwer, Piet Cleveringa, Hein de Wolf, Freek S. Busschers, Frank P. Wesselingh
When dealing with stratigraphic successions in marginal basin settings, the geological record is often fragmented due to erosion and reworking processes. The North Sea Basin is an example: it has a fragmented Quaternary record; in particular, Middle Pleistocene intervals are poorly known. As a result, we have little insight into climate, marine environmental conditions and biodiversity in this period
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Landscape changes and human–landscape interaction during the first millennium AD in the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-30 Harm Jan Pierik
The first millennium AD encompasses the Roman period (12 BC to AD 450) and the Early Middle Ages (AD 450 to 1050). In the Netherlands, this millennium saw population growth, steep decline and subsequent revival. In addition, many changes occurred in the physical landscape, marking a transition from a mainly natural prehistorical lowland landscape to an increasingly human-affected landscape. This paper
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Holocene coastal landscape development in response to rising sea level in the Central Wadden Sea coastal region Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-30 Martina Karle, Friederike Bungenstock, Achim Wehrmann
The Holocene sea-level rise has led to significant changes in present-day coastal zones through multifold retrogradational and slightly progradational displacements of the mainland coastline. During the course of this postglacial transgression, sediments characteristic of coastal environments accumulated first in palaeovalleys of the pre-Holocene landscape and later on the subsequently developed coastal
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Analysis of Late Pleistocene megafauna and puparia from the Lent dredging site, province of Gelderland (the Netherlands) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-16 David S. Douw, Belle E.I. van Rijssen, René H.B. Fraaije, Jonathan J.W. Wallaard
More than 900 vertebrate bones, ranging from Late Pleistocene to Holocene in age, have been identified in a collection that was recovered by a single dredging operation for the construction of artificial lakes near Lent (Nijmegen, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands). The Late Pleistocene assemblage comprises mainly Weichselian glacial fauna such as mammoths, reindeer and bison. Some Eemian fauna
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Note on the Rhaetian fish fauna from a subrosion pipe in Winterswijk (the Netherlands), with a discussion on the validity of the genus Severnichthys Storrs, 1994 Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-13 Henk J. Diependaal, Jelle W.F. Reumer
Fossil remains of fishes found in Rhaetian (Late Triassic, c.208.5–201.3 Ma) sediments collected from a subrosion pipe in the Winterswijk quarry are described. The fauna shows great similarity to material known from the British Triassic of the Penarth Group and from other localities in Northwestern Europe. Both chondrichthyan and osteichthyan teeth and scales are present. Most abundant are the sharks
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The impact of natural fractures on heat extraction from tight Triassic sandstones in the West Netherlands Basin: a case study combining well, seismic and numerical data Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Quinten D. Boersma, Pierre Olivier Bruna, Stephan de Hoop, Francesco Vinci, Ali Moradi Tehrani, Giovanni Bertotti
The positive impact that natural fractures can have on geothermal heat production from low-permeability reservoirs has become increasingly recognised and proven by subsurface case studies. In this study, we assess the potential impact of natural fractures on heat extraction from the tight Lower Buntsandstein Subgroup targeted by the recently drilled NLW-GT-01 well (West Netherlands Basin (WNB)). We
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From dust till drowned: the Holocene landscape development at Norderney, East Frisian Islands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Frank Schlütz, Dirk Enters, Felix Bittmann
Within the multidisciplinary WASA project, 160 cores up to 5 m long have been obtained from the back-barrier area and off the coast of the East Frisian island of Norderney. Thirty-seven contained basal peats on top of Pleistocene sands of the former Geest and 10 of them also had intercalated peats. Based on 100 acclerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C dates and analyses of botanical as well as zoological
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Facies characterisation of sediments from the East Frisian Wadden Sea (Germany): new insights from down-core scanning techniques Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 An-Sheng Lee, Dirk Enters, Jürgen Titschack, Bernd Zolitschka
Sediment facies provide fundamental information to interpret palaeoenvironments, climatic variation, archaeological aspects and natural resource potentials since they are summary products of depositional processes, environmental conditions and biological activities for a given time and location. The conventional method of facies discrimination relies on macroscopic and/or microscopic determination
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The coastal lowland of northwestern Germany as an archive of Holocene landscape evolution: basis for a spatial evaluation of Stone Age settlement patterns in the Dornumer tidal basin Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Thorsten Becker, Annette Siegmüller
The ‘Wadden Sea Archive of landscape evolution, climate change and settlement history’ project (WASA) focuses on the analysis of marine sediment archives from the East Frisian Wadden Sea region. It aims at understanding the formation of palaeolandscapes since the end of the last ice age. One part of the project studies the possible correlation and shift of archaeological settlement patterns, climate
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Microfauna- and sedimentology-based facies analysis for palaeolandscape reconstruction in the back-barrier area of Norderney (NW Germany) Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Annastasia Elschner, Juliane Scheder, Friederike Bungenstock, Alexander Bartholomä, Thorsten M Becker, Ruggero M Capperucci, Dirk Enters, Martina Karle, Frank Schlütz, Achim Wehrmann, Gösta Hoffmann
Palaeolandscape reconstructions at the German North Sea coast are essential for the understanding of coastal changes and dynamic landscape-forming processes. This study contributes to reconstructing Holocene coastal changes in the back-barrier area of the East Frisian island of Norderney and draws conclusions on the local palaeogeography. Five sediment cores were analysed in terms of sedimentology
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Late-Holocene sea-level reconstruction (1200 BC–AD 100) in the Westergo terp region of the northern Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Peter C. Vos, Annet Nieuwhof
In the early 20th century, archaeological research in the terp (artificial dwelling-mound) region of the northern Netherlands focused, besides settlement history, on natural salt-marsh dynamics and sea-level rise. In particular Van Giffen used salt-marsh deposits under dated terp layers to reconstruct the rate of sedimentation of the developing salt marsh and relative sea-level rise. This line of research
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Palynological indications for Silurian – earliest Devonian age strata in the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Alexander J.P. Houben, Geert-Jan Vis
Knowledge of the stratigraphic development of pre-Carboniferous strata in the subsurface of the Netherlands is very limited, leaving the lithostratigraphic nomenclature for this time interval informal. In two wells from the southwestern Netherlands, Silurian strata have repeatedly been reported, suggesting that these are the oldest ever recovered in the Netherlands. The hypothesised presence of Silurian-aged
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A new ΔR value for the southern North Sea and its application in coastal research Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Dirk Enters, Kristin Haynert, Achim Wehrmann, Holger Freund, Frank Schlütz
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon (14C) dating of Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus 1767) and Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus 1758) shells sampled in AD 1889 near the island of Wangerooge gave a new local correction factor ΔR of −85 ± 17 14C years for the Wadden Sea area. The value is considerably higher than the available scattered data from the North Sea, which were obtained from pre-bomb growth
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Dyke failures in the Province of Groningen (Netherlands) associated with the 1717 Christmas flood: a reconstruction based on geoscientific field data and numerical simulations Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Björn R. Röbke, Albert Oost, Friederike Bungenstock, Peter Fischer, Bart Grasmeijer, Hanna Hadler, Lea Obrocki, Julia Pagels, Timo Willershäuser, Andreas Vött
The 1717 Christmas flood is one of the most catastrophic storm surges the Frisian coast (Netherlands and Germany) has ever experienced. With more than 13,700 casualties it is the last severe storm surge with a death toll of this order. At the same time, little is known about the hydrodynamic conditions and the morphological effects associated with this storm surge.In this study, 41 potential dyke failures
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Revealing the past through modelling? Reflections on connectivity, habitation and persistence in the Dutch Delta during the 1st millennium AD Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Rowin J. van Lanen
This paper focuses on unravelling the 1st millennium AD in the present-day Netherlands and the applicability of modelling when studying the past. By presenting the results of several studies analysing changes (or persistence) in connectivity and habitation patterns, the significance of these findings for (spatial) modelling is derived. The transition between the Roman and early-medieval periods is
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Source-bordering aeolian dune formation along the Scheldt River (southern Netherlands – northern Belgium) was caused by Younger Dryas cooling, high river gradient and southwesterly summer winds Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Cornelis Kasse, Hessel A.G. Woolderink, Marjan E. Kloos, Wim Z. Hoek
The Younger Dryas cold period caused major changes in vegetation and depositional environments. This study focuses on the aeolian river-connected dunes along the former, Weichselian Late Glacial, course of the Scheldt River in the southern Netherlands. Aeolian dunes along the Scheldt have received little attention, as they are partly covered by Holocene peat and marine deposits. The spatial distribution
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Hydrological disasters in the NW-European Lowlands during the first millennium AD: a dendrochronological reconstruction Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Esther Jansma
This study presents an annually resolved dendrochronological reconstruction of hydrological impacts on the Roman and early-medieval landscape in the Low Countries of northwestern Europe. Around 600 hydrologically sensitive ring-width patterns, mostly oak (Quercus robur/petraea) as well as some ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and elm (Ulmus sp.), were selected from an initial dataset of >5000 and compiled
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Dark Ages woodland recovery and the expansion of beech: a study of land use changes and related woodland dynamics during the Roman to Medieval transition period in northern Belgium Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Koen Deforce, Jan Bastiaens, Philippe Crombé, Ewoud Deschepper, Kristof Haneca, Pieter Laloo, Hans Van Calster, Gerben Verbrugghe, Wim De Clercq
The results from analyses of botanical remains (pollen, wood, charcoal, seeds) from several archaeological features excavated in Kluizen (northern Belgium) are presented. The region was largely uninhabited until the Iron Age and Roman period when a rural settlement was established, resulting in small-scale woodland clearance. The site was subsequently abandoned from c. AD 270 till the High Middle Ages
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Review of induced seismicity in geothermal systems worldwide and implications for geothermal systems in the Netherlands – CORRIGENDUM Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Loes Buijze, Lonneke van Bijsterveldt, Holger Cremer, Bob Paap, Hans Veldkamp, Brecht B.T. Wassing, Jan-Diederik van Wees, Guido C.N. van Yperen, B. Jaarsma, Jan H. ter Heege
Geothermal energy is a viable alternative to gas for the heating of buildings, industrial areas and greenhouses, and can thus play an important role in making the transition to sustainable energy in the Netherlands. Heat is currently produced from the Dutch subsurface through circulation of water between two wells in deep (1.5–3 km) geothermal formations with temperature of up to ∼100 °C. As the number
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The use of geological, geomorphological and soil mapping products in palaeolandscape reconstructions for the Netherlands Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-07-15 Harm Jan Pierik, Kim M. Cohen
Geological, geomorphological and soil maps provide important information on the substrate as well as on the past and present physical landscape. For the intensely studied Netherlands coastal plain and Rhine–Meuse delta, many such map datasets have been compiled over the last two centuries. These mapping materials comprise older and younger legacy datasets, often fragmented over regions. They have been
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Fracture characteristics of Lower Carboniferous carbonates in northern Belgium based on FMI log analyses Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-06-19 Eva van der Voet, Ben Laenen, Bernd Rombaut, Mourad Kourta, Rudy Swennen
Recently drilled geothermal boreholes in Mol, northern Belgium, provide new information on the Lower Carboniferous carbonates in the Campine–Brabant Basin. Because of low primary porosity, fractures in these limestones and dolostones are of major importance for reservoir permeability. The Fullbore Formation MicroImager (FMI) log of the MOL-GT-01 borehole enabled interpretation of bed boundaries and
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Maximum Holocene groundwater levels and associated extension of peat in the border zone of ‘Het Gooi’ (the Netherlands): a reconstruction based on the study of soil transects Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Jan Sevink, Sander Koopman
The area ‘Het Gooi’ in the Netherlands is part of a Pleistocene ice-pushed ridge system that partially drowned during the Holocene upon sea level and associated groundwater rise. As a result, the ridge system was gradually encroached by peat. From the late Middle Ages onward, man reclaimed the peatlands surrounding Het Gooi, heavily reducing their extension and lowering the regional groundwater level
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Accelerating geothermal development with a play-based portfolio approach Neth. J. Geosci. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2020-06-02 Jan Diederik van Wees, Hans Veldkamp, Logan Brunner, Mark Vrijlandt, Sander de Jong, Nora Heijnen, Corné van Langen, Joris Peijster
Over the past decade in the Netherlands, most operators have only developed a single doublet. The learning effect from these single events is suboptimal, and operators have only been capable of developing doublets in areas with relatively low exploration risk. This ‘stand-alone’ approach can be significantly improved by a collective approach to derisk regions with similar subsurface characteristics