Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: introduction

In the beginning of the 1990’s, the Department of Geochemistry of Utrecht University started a series of geochemical surveys of the Leeward Islands of the Antilles that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Apart from seeking a nice, warm fieldwork environment, the undertaking was motivated by the deficits in infrastructure and financial resources of these islands, which precluded the authorities to undertake such a survey on their own. By then, the International Geological Correlations Programme (IGCP; Darnley et al., 1995) had just been established to address the need for standardised... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Gaans, Pauline F.M.
Vriend, Simon P.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Reihe/Periodikum: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw ; volume 79, issue 4, page 371-372 ; ISSN 0016-7746 1573-9708
Verlag/Hrsg.: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016774600021879

In the beginning of the 1990’s, the Department of Geochemistry of Utrecht University started a series of geochemical surveys of the Leeward Islands of the Antilles that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Apart from seeking a nice, warm fieldwork environment, the undertaking was motivated by the deficits in infrastructure and financial resources of these islands, which precluded the authorities to undertake such a survey on their own. By then, the International Geological Correlations Programme (IGCP; Darnley et al., 1995) had just been established to address the need for standardised geochemical databases worldwide; the then Geological Survey of the Netherlands (RGD) - now the TNO-Institute of Applied Geosciences (TNO-NITG) - participated in this programme from the start.