High-resolution P- and S-wave reflection studies of an intraplate structure: The Azambuja fault, Portugal

The Azambuja fault is a NNE trending structure located 50 km north of Lisbon, the capital and most populous city of Portugal. The fault has been considered as a possible source for the historical, large earthquakes. Understanding this fault is a priority in seismic hazard evaluation of this region. The fault has a clear morphological...

SPAMS: A new empirical model for soft soil surface displacement based on meteorological input data

We present SPAMS: Simple Parameterization for the Motion of Soils, a model to describe the motion of deformable soils in the Vadose zone, mainly peat and clay, herein called shallow soft soils. The SPAMS model estimates the reversible and irreversible vertical component of surface displacement to within sub-centimetre RMSE, using only four...

Predictive geospatial model for arsenic accumulation in Holocene aquifers based on interactions of oxbow-lake biogeochemistry and alluvial geomorphology

The identification of arsenic-contamination hotspots in alluvial aquifers is a global-scale challenge. The collection and inventory of arsenic concentration datasets in the shallow-aquifer domain of affected alluvial basins is a tedious and slow process, given the magnitude of the problem. Recent research demonstrates that oxbow-lake...

Self-constraining of low-energy rivers explains low channel mobility and tortuous planforms

Meandering rivers are abundant on Earth, from the largest rivers to the smallest tributaries. The classical view of meandering rivers is a sinuous planform with rounded bends, which grow and migrate until they are cut-off. However, many low-energy meandering rivers have planforms that are much more complex than this classical view due to the...

Late Pleistocene and Holocene sea-level change and coastal paleoenvironment evolution along the Iranian Caspian shore

The level of the Caspian Sea is influenced by rivers mostly from the high latitudes of the Northern hemisphere and therefore any change of its catchments including temperature and precipitation directly reflects on Caspian Sea-level. We reconstructed Late Pleistocene to Holocene Caspian Sea-level by a multi-disciplinary approach from a 27.7 m...

Holocene vegetation history and sea level changes in the SE corner of the Caspian Sea: Relevance to SW Asia climate

The palynological investigation of core TM (27.7 m long) taken in a dried out lagoon reveals both Holocene vegetation history in the north-eastern foothills of the Alborz Mountains and past water level changes of the Caspian Sea (CS). The delay in woodland expansion at the beginning of the Holocene, which is typical of eastern Turkey, the...

Exploratory system dynamics: A directed search for limits to global water use

Rockström et al. (2009) introduced the concept of a safe operating space for humanity that will not push the planet out of the ‘Holocene state’. These limits are being investigated for various earth bound systems. Estimates of these limits are plagued by uncertainty. In case of the limits to the world water system, these uncertainties arise out...

The Late Pleistocene and Holocene Evolution of The North Caspian Plain

The rapid rates of sea level change in the Caspian Sea since its formation (Proterozoic) have resulted in unique sedimentary sequences, including many oil and gas reservoirs. An important hydrocarbon province is the fine grained-sandstone of the Productive Series in the South Caspian Basin that consist for at least some part of sheetflood...

Grondwatereffecten aan de oppervlakte (gebracht): Onderzoek naar effecten van stopzetting grondwaterontrekking DSM Delft - Technisch rapport

Deze rapportage bevat de beschrijving van de afzonderlijke modellen en is om die reden opgebouwd uit 5 delen. Deel I beschrijft de totstandkoming van de geo(hydro)logie van de ondergrond. Daarbij wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen Pleistoceen en Holoceen waarbij het Holoceen zowel regionaal als ook in meer detail lokaal is gemodelleerd. Het...

Praktijkonderzoek RandstadRail, COB Comissie F540

Praktijkonderzoek Randstadrail: in dit rapport worden 3 metingen uitgewerkt: Overzicht metingen: Het is de bedoeling om drie verschillende type metingen uit te voeren, namelijk: Type meting Doel meting: - Gronddrukmeting - Meten van de belastingtoename in de Holocene kleilagen net buiten de groutschil als gevolg vanconsolidatie van kleilagen en...

Holocene Evolution of the Coast of Holland

Reconstruction of the holocene evolution of the Dutch coast. The Dutch coast. Paper no 2

Large-scale coastal evolution concept. The Dutch coast. Paper No. 9

Effects of sea level rise on coastal evolution

Using the Dutch coastal evolution in the Holocene upto the present as an example and a test case, a coastal evolution concept is proposed and materialized with which shoreline position changes for different sea level rise scenarios are predicted. The (more generally applicable) model applies to (quasi-)uniform coastal stretches. It accounts for...