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The Tertiary and Quaternary subbottom of the Schelde estuary near Antwerpen (Belgium)
Wartel, S. (1980). The Tertiary and Quaternary subbottom of the Schelde estuary near Antwerpen (Belgium). Geol. Mijnbouw 59(3): 233-240
In: Geologie en Mijnbouw. Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap: The Netherlands. ISSN 0016-7746; e-ISSN 1573-9708, more
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Keywords
    Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Quaternary
    Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Tertiary
    River beds
    Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
    Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
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Abstract
    The subbottom stratigraphy of the Schelde estuary near Antwerpen was studied using an ORE subbottom profiler. The estuary valley is incised in Tertiary and Quaternary deposits, still eroded at several places. In the Boom Clay (Oligocene) uparching and diapers occur. They result from an unloading erosion surface, dipping roughly NNE and covered unconformably by Miocene (Edegem Sands) and Pliocene (Kattendijk Sands) deposits. The contact between Miocene and Pliocene has not been observed. The lowermost Quaternary deposit consists of a gravel and shell layer irregular in thickness and unconformable with the older deposits. The recent sediment cover, where present, is less than 1 m thick.
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