Response of the Rhine-Meuse fluvial system to Saalian ice-sheet dynamics

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Busschers, Freek S., Van Balen, Ronald T., Cohen, Kim M., Kasse, Cees, Weerts, Henk J.T., Wallinga, Jakob, Bunnik, Frans P.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Life Science; Dover; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/response-of-the-rhine-meuse-fluvial-system-to-saalian-ice-sheet-d; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00025.x

A new reconstruction of the interaction between the Saalian Drente glaciation ice margin and the Rhine-Meuse fluvial system is presented based on a sedimentary analysis of continuous core material, archived data and a section in an ice-pushed ridge. Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) was applie...