Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: introduction

  • Pauline F.M. van Gaans Utrecht University, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC UTRECHT, the Netherlands; corresponding author; e-mail: P.Gaans@geog.uu.nl
  • Simon P. Vriend Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA UTRECHT, the Netherlands; e-mail: Vriend@geo.uu.nl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600021879

Abstract

In the beginning of the 1990’s, the Department of Geochemistry of Utrecht University started a series of geochemical surveys of the Leeward Islands of the Antilles that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Apart from seeking a nice, warm fieldwork environment, the undertaking was motivated by the deficits in infrastructure and financial resources of these islands, which precluded the authorities to undertake such a survey on their own. By then, the International Geological Correlations Programme (IGCP; Darnley et al., 1995) had just been established to address the need for standardised geochemical databases worldwide; the then Geological Survey of the Netherlands (RGD) - now the TNO-Institute of Applied Geosciences (TNO-NITG) - participated in this programme from the start.

Published
2000-12-01
How to Cite
Pauline F.M. van Gaans, & Simon P. Vriend. (2000). Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: introduction. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 79, pp. 371 - 372. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600021879
Issue
Volume 79 - 2000
Section
Regular paper
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