From river valley to estuary : the early-mid Holocene transgression of the Rhine-Meuse valley, The Netherlands

• Main Author: Hijma, M.P.
• Other Authors: Dynamics and evolution of river and coastal systems, Physical Geography and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone, FG Kusten, Rivieren, Global Change, Hoekstra, Piet, Cohen, Kim, van der Spek, A.J.F.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Utrecht University, Royal Dutch Geographical Society 2009
• Subjects: Hoek; Hudson; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/37147

Most present day estuaries formed within incised fluvial valleys, created during the last glacial, that drowned during post-glacial sea-level rise. The sedimentary archive of the associated river-mouth areas contains important information on estuarine evolution under different rates of sea-level ris...