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The fluviolagoonal palaeoenvironment in the Rhine/Meuse deltaic plain
Author(s) -
WOUDE J. D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1984.tb00867.x
Subject(s) - geology , fluvial , palynology , levee , coastal plain , deposition (geology) , paleontology , natural (archaeology) , holocene , geomorphology , alluvial plain , sediment , pollen , structural basin , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology
Detailed lithostratigraphical, palynological and 14 C analyses have served to reconstruct the palaeoenvironment during two main, mid‐Holocene, regional phases of increased fluvial clay and sand deposition in the Rhine/Meuse deltaic plain. The investigated location lies in a broad area transitional to the upstream fluviatile and the downstream marine (lagoon/tidal flat) deposition zones. The palaeoenvironment appears to have been extensive, permanent open water intersected by the wooded natural levees of many small river channels. The term fluviolagoon is proposed for this typical environment, as illustrated here by three‐dimensional oblique landscape drawings. A present‐day example is found in the Magdalena river deltaic plain, Colombia.