Water-level changes in the Flevo area, central Netherlands (5300–1500 BC): implications for relative mean sea-level rise in the Western Netherlands

Plassche, O. van de; Bohncke, S.J.P.; Makaske, B.; Plicht, van der Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.10.009

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“…Assuming that both modern and earlier mean sea level (MSL) did not differ more than 10 cm between the Belgian and German North Sea coast (Kiden et al 2008), comparison between differing LGW curves has revealed a series of influencing variables (e.g. Roeleveld 1974;Van De Plassche 1982;Van Dijk et al 1991;Kiden 1995;Makaske et al 2003;Van De Plassche et al 2005Berendsen et al 2007;Kiden et al 2008).…”

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“…Vertical errors in the age-depth plot can be introduced by several factors (Berendsen et al 2007): the assumed depth of the sample is imprecise because of (1) sample elevation measurement (0.05 m error); (2) the in-core measurement (0.03 m error); or (3) through the sample thickness (0.02 m error). Vertical errors due to compaction are minimal but can be approximated as an upward error of twice the vertical distance to the Pleistocene sand according to Van De Plassche et al (2005). Further vertical errors are caused by the complex relationship between a basal peat sample and actual groundwater depth elevation.…”

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Chronology of Wetland Hydrological Dynamics and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition along the Lower Scheldt: A Bayesian Approach

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ABSTRACT. The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the wetland margins of the southern North Sea basin occurred well over a millennium after the transition in neighboring loess regions. This article investigates the possible role of hydrological dynamics in the presence of the last hunter-gatherer-fishermen in these wetland regions. A Bayesian modeling approach is used to integrate stratigraphic information and radiocarbon dates both from accurately datable archaeological remains and key horizons in peat sequences in the Scheldt floodplain of northwestern Belgium. This study tests whether the Swifterbant occupation of the study area was contemporaneous with hiatuses in peat growth caused by organic clastic sedimentation due to increased tidal influences and local groundwater rise. The results suggest that the appearance of this culture followed shortly after the emergence of a brackish tidal mudflat landscape replacing a freshwater marsh.

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Chronology of Wetland Hydrological Dynamics and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition along the Lower Scheldt: A Bayesian Approach

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“…1980; Van de Plassche, 1982Van Dijk et al, 1991;Roeleveld & Gotjé, 1993;Kiden, 1995;Cohen, 2003;Makaske et al, 2003;Van de Plassche et al, 2005). In many cases, basal peats from the slopes of Late Weichselian aeolian dunes were used to reconstruct local curves of groundwater-level rise.…”

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“…Hitherto, only one study has been carried out in which a (ground)water-level curve based on conventional radiocarbon dating of bulk samples was tested against new AMS-dated samples of terrestrial macrofossils from the same site (Van de Plassche et al, 2005). This study was carried out in Flevoland (central Netherlands, Fig.…”

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“…It confirmed results reached by Roeleveld & Gotjé (1993), which were based on conventionally dated bulk peat samples, and led to a MSL curve for Flevoland running below Van de Plassche's (1982) MSL curve, at least for the part between 6000 and 3500 cal yr BP. Because this part of the 1982 MSL curve was based on conventionally dated bulk peat samples from the western Rhine-Meuse delta, a methodological cause (AMS macrofossil dates vs. conventional bulk dates) of the difference between the two curves was suggested, but alternative causes such as differences in tidal effects and/or land-level movements could not be excluded (Van de Plassche et al, 2005). In this paper we address the question whether previously published dates of bulk peat samples are too old due to the hardwater effect or to the inclusion of old carbon as suggested by Roeleveld and Gotjé (1993).…”

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New groundwater-level rise data from the Rhine-Meuse delta – implications for the reconstruction of Holocene relative mean sea-level rise and differential land-level movements

Berendsen

Makaske

Plassche

et al. 2007

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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Reconstructions of Holocene relative sea-level and groundwater-level rise are crucial for understanding the palaeogeographical and geological evolution of coastal plains, while also serving studies of differential land-level change, palaeoecology, and archaeology. At present, the quest for higher accuracy in sea-level reconstruction and for better understanding of differences between local groundwater-level curves is still ongoing.Studies of Holocene relative (ground)water change and sealevel change in the Netherlands are based primarily on radiocarbon-dated samples from the base of peats which accumulated on pre-Holocene substrates (e.g., Jelgersma, 1961Jelgersma, , 1979 AbstractWe present new local groundwater-level rise data from two Late Glacial aeolian dunes, located near Barendrecht and Oud-Alblas in the western Rhine-Meuse delta. These data are based on AMS radiocarbon dating of terrestrial macrofossils, collected from the base of peat formed on the slopes of these dunes. This method avoids contamination of bulk peat samples by old soil carbon or younger rootlets and rhizomes, as well as the hardwater effect. The new data are used to assess the reliability of previously published groundwater-level index data based on conventional radiocarbon dating of bulk basal peat samples from the slopes of the Late Glacial aeolian dunes at Barendrecht, Hillegersberg, Bolnes and Wijngaarden, all located in the western Rhine-Meuse delta.Comparison of the new and published groundwater-level data shows no significant systematic difference between conventionally dated bulk peat samples and AMS-dated samples of terrestrial macrofossils. The new data from the dune at Barendrecht confirm the reliability of the younger than 6600 cal yr BP age-depth data from the dunes at Hillegersberg and near Bolnes. This result supports the validity of this part of the mean sea-level (MSL) curve for the western Netherlands. Consequently, the position of the groundwater-level curve for Flevoland (central Netherlands) below this MSL curve can most likely be attributed to differential land-level movement.The available data show that the groundwater-gradient effect in the western Rhine-Meuse delta became less than 5 cm/km after 6600 cal yr BP. Finally, temporal correlation between temporary increases in local groundwater-level rise with known shifts of river courses in the delta plain suggests, that avulsions can explain sudden local deviations from the trend in groundwater-level rise. A general conclusion of this study is that a complex relationship exists between sea level and local delta-plain water levels.

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A protocol for a geological sea‐level database

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Engelhart

Törnqvist

et al. 2015

Handbook of Sea‐Level Research

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Water-level changes in the Flevo area, central Netherlands (5300–1500 BC): implications for relative mean sea-level rise in the Western Netherlands

Cited by 35 publications

References 15 publications

Chronology of Wetland Hydrological Dynamics and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition along the Lower Scheldt: A Bayesian Approach

Chronology of Wetland Hydrological Dynamics and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition along the Lower Scheldt: A Bayesian Approach

New groundwater-level rise data from the Rhine-Meuse delta – implications for the reconstruction of Holocene relative mean sea-level rise and differential land-level movements

A protocol for a geological sea‐level database

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