De jongste geologische geschiedenis van de Belgische Zeepolders

The lay-out of the soil map of the Belgian maritime plain (1947-1953) has made it possible to correct our present-day ideas about the formation of our maritime polders. The main fact in this formation is the Dunkirk transgression, which comprises three phases: the Dunkirk 1 transgression (2nd century B.C. to 1st century A.D.), the Dunkirk 2 transgression (4th to 8th century) and the Dunkirk 3 transgression, subdivised in two subsidiary phases : the Dunkirk 3A transgressive phase (11th century) and the Dunkirk 3B transgressive phase (12th century). In the course of each of these transgressive p... Mehr ...