Abstract In the Cenozoic, the Lower Rhine Basin formed as a rift at the southeastern
terminus of the Dutch German Central Graben, while the Rhenish Massif was uplifted. The …

Abstract The River Rhine and its tributaries represent one of the largest drainage systems in
Europe. Its prominence among other fluvial systems is due to the location of its headwaters …

Abstract The Roer Valley Graben (southeastern Netherlands) forms the most northern
branch of the European Cenozoic Rift System. Sedimentary backstripping of exploration …

1.1 Aims of the study The aims of this study are: 1) An overview on the overall Cenozoic syn-
rift evolution of the northern Upper Rhine Graben, in terms of tectonic framework …

The research borehole drilled in 2006 by the Hessian Agency for the Environment and
Geology (HLUG) north of Viernheim (Hessisches Ried) reached a total depth of 350 m, and …

During the Pleistocene the drainage pattern in the Lower Rhine Basin changed twice, from a
flooding of the whole basin by the river Rhine from SW to NE to an influence restricted to the …

The Roer Valley Graben is the most prominent Cenozoic tectonic feature in the Netherlands
onshore, filled with up to 2000 m of predominantly Upper Oligocene to Quaternary …

The Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta is formed under the influence of sea-level rise, tectonics,
and variations in discharge and sediment supply. This paper aims to determine the relative …

This study presents a detailed reconstruction of the palaeogeography of the Rhine valley
(western Netherlands) during the Holocene transgression with systems tracts placed in a …

Abstract In the Neuwied Basin the displacement of the oldest Tertiary sediments is
widespread, whereas in the Lower Middle Rhine area this occurred locally along a …