[HTML][HTML] The lower shoreface of the Dutch coast–An overview

A van der Spek, J van der Werf, A Oost… - Ocean & coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lower shoreface, defined here as between about 8 and 20 m water depth, forms the
transition between the inner shelf and upper shoreface. Knowledge of lower shoreface …

Climate change and human influences on sediment fluxes and the sediment budget of an urban delta: The example of the lower Rhine–Meuse delta distributary …

JR Cox, FE Dunn, JH Nienhuis… - Anthropocene …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Deltas require sufficient sediment to maintain their land area and elevation in the face of
relative sea-level rise. Understanding sediment budgets can help in managing and …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment deficit and morphological change of the Rhine–Meuse river mouth attributed to multi-millennial anthropogenic impacts

JR Cox, J Leuven, HJ Pierik, M van Egmond… - Continental Shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many delta systems worldwide are becoming increasingly urbanized following a variety of
processes, including land reclamation, embanking, major engineering and port …

Natural levee evolution in vegetated fluvial‐tidal environments

M Boechat Albernaz, L Roelofs… - Earth surface …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Natural levees are common features in river, delta and tidal landscapes. They are elevated
near‐channel morphological features that determine the connection between channel and …

[HTML][HTML] Lithological control on scour hole formation in the Rhine-Meuse Estuary

Y Huismans, H Koopmans, A Wiersma, T de Haas… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
River deltas commonly have a heterogeneous substratum of alternating peat, clay and sand
deposits. This has important consequences for the river bed development and in particular …

Building and raising land: mud and vegetation effects in infilling estuaries

SAH Weisscher, K Van den Hoven… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many Holocene estuaries were infilled to form convergent, single‐channel systems, while
others remained partially or wholly unfilled. This difference in the degree of infilling depends …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene deposits at the lower shoreface and inner shelf of the Dutch coast

A van der Spek, A Forzoni, T Vermaas - Ocean & coastal management, 2022 - Elsevier
To further detail insights into the composition and distribution of Holocene and late
Pleistocene deposits at the surface and in the shallow subsurface of the lower shoreface of …

[HTML][HTML] The times they are a-changing. Reconsidering the occupation history and character of a 3rd millennium BCE settlement in the Lower Rhine Area

JP Kleijne, DJ Huisman - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
A re-analysis of soil micromorphology samples and radiocarbon dates was undertaken at
the Middle to Late Neolithic settlement of N11, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, in the Netherlands …

Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal–fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River, The Netherlands

HJ Pierik, JIM Moree, KM van der Werf… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the transformation from tidal systems to freshwater coastal landscapes, plants act as eco‐
engineering species that reduce hydrodynamics and trap sediment, but nature and timing of …

Landscape changes and human–landscape interaction during the first millennium AD in the Netherlands

HJ Pierik - Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - cambridge.org
The first millennium AD encompasses the Roman period (12 BC to AD 450) and the Early
Middle Ages (AD 450 to 1050). In the Netherlands, this millennium saw population growth …