Sedimentation in the Mid-Netherlands river area during the Late Weichselian

Abstract

This paper is focussed on the distribution of river-dune deposits and characteristic overbank deposits, the so called 'Hochfluthlehm', in the central Netherlands river Rhine area. They are reckoned to the Lateglacial member of the Kreftenheye Formation. By means of pollen analyses and 14C-datings, the age of these deposits can be fixed. As a consequence of this lithological study a more precise picture can be presented of the changes from a Pleniglacial braided river system into a more channel-bound river system.