Chapter 3: Digital Data Supplements subsurface dataset Rhine-Meuse delta in the Netherlands

Based on knowledge of the geological development of the Rhine-Meuse delta, we hypothesizes how changing boundary conditions (i.e. changes in upstream sediment supply, confinement of floodwaters, channel-belt lifespan) may have affected the properties of proximal natural levee deposits throughout the fluvially-dominated part of the Rhine-Meuse delta. We then used these spatial divisions in an analysis of digital borehole data (>130.000 locations, UU-LLG dataset), to provide quantitative information of both architectural (i.e. thickness, sharpness of transition with channel deposits underneat... Mehr ...