The role of a proto-Schelde River in the genesis of the southwestern Netherlands, inferred from the Quaternary successions and fossils in Moriaanshoofd Borehole (Zeeland, the Netherlands)

  • A.A. Slupik Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 345, 3015 AA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • F.P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
  • D.F. Mayhew Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 345, 3015 AA Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
  • A.C. Janse Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
  • F.E. Dieleman Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
  • M. van Strydonck Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
  • P. Kiden TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • A.W. Burger P. Soutmanlaan 18, 1701 MC Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands
  • J.W.F. Reumer Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 345, 3015 AA Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Department of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000299
Keywords: Pleistocene, Eocene, stratigraphy, reworking, Schelde, mammals, molluscs

Abstract

We investigated the Quaternary lithological succession and faunas in a borehole near Moriaanshoofd (Province of Zeeland, SW Netherlands), in order to improve our understanding of the depositional context of classical Gelasian mammal faunas from the region. The fossils mostly derive from the base of a fossil-rich interval between 31 m and 36.5 m below the surface, that was initially interpreted as a Middle or Late Pleistocene interglacial marine unit, but turned out to be a Late Quaternary fluvial unit with large amounts of reworked fossils and sediments. Eocene mollusc taxa pinpoint Flanders (Belgium) as the source region for this river. Within the base of this paleo-Schelde River fossil material of various stratigraphic provenance became incorporated.

Published
2014-03-24
How to Cite
Slupik A., Wesselingh F., Mayhew D., Janse A., Dieleman F., van Strydonck M., Kiden P., Burger A., & Reumer J. (2014). The role of a proto-Schelde River in the genesis of the southwestern Netherlands, inferred from the Quaternary successions and fossils in Moriaanshoofd Borehole (Zeeland, the Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 69-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000299
Issue
Volume 92 - 2013
Section
Original Articles
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