Generic 3D interpolation of Holocene base-level rise and provision of accommodation space, developed for the Netherlands coastal plain and infilled palaeovalleys

We present an interpolation model that describes Holocene groundwater level rise and the creation of accommodation space in 3D in the Rhine-Meuse delta – The Netherlands. The model area (c. 12400 km2) covers two palaeovalleys of Late Pleistocene age (each 30 km wide) and the overlying Holocene deposits of the Rhine-Meuse delta, the Holland coastal plain, and the Zuiderzee former lagoon. Water table rise is modeled from 10800 to 1000 cal. BP, making use of age-depth relations based on 384 basal peat index points, and producing output in the form of stacked palaeo groundwater surfaces, groundwat... Mehr ...