Genesis of the cliff-face near Bergen op Zoom in the southwest of the Netherlands

  • J.P.T. Caris Agricultural University, Department of Soil Science and Geology, P. 0. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • T.J.M. Thewessen Agricultural University, Department of Soil Science and Geology, P. 0. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • R. Felix Agricultural University, Department of Soil Science and Geology, P. 0. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Keywords: Late Pleistocene, Holocene, coastal development, Scheidt basin

Abstract

A cliff-face stretching north-south in the southwest part of the Netherlands, (from Halsteren to near the Belgium border) separates Holocene marine sediments from tidal and aeolian Pleistocene deposits. There is a difference of opinion regarding the age of the formation of this cliff-face. The main objective of this study was to verify the origin of this feature. To this end auger drilling and pollen analysis on peat was carried out. The cliff-face proved to have been formed by marine erosion during the Eemian.

Published
1989-01-01
How to Cite
J.P.T. Caris, T.J.M. Thewessen, & R. Felix. (1989). Genesis of the cliff-face near Bergen op Zoom in the southwest of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 277-284. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12905
Issue
Volume 68 - 1989
Section
Regular paper

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