Impact of late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeo-environmental changes on the fresh-/salt-water distribution in the Eo-Oligocene aquifers in north-west Belgium
Van Camp, M.; Walraevens, K. (1999). Impact of late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeo-environmental changes on the fresh-/salt-water distribution in the Eo-Oligocene aquifers in north-west Belgium. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. 79(1-4): 229-238 In: Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift. L. Walschot/Natuur- en Geneeskundige Vennootschap: Gent. ISSN 0770-1748, more Also appears in:De Breuck, W.; Walschot, L. (Ed.) (1999). Proceedings of the 15th Salt-Water Intrusion Meeting Ghent (Belgium), 25-29 May 1998. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 79(1-4). Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift: Gent. 307 pp., more |  |
| Keywords | Environments > Palaeoenvironments
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Holocene
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Pleistocene
Water > Ground water
ANE, Belgium [Marine Regions]
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| Abstract | In NW-Belgium the Eo-Oligocene deposits form aquifers which provide a substantial part of the water supply in this region. These layers crop out in Flanders and dip to the north where they are covered by clay layers which make them semi-confined. In the NW-part of Belgium they contain fresh water, but salinity increases to the north. Depending on the distribution of the salt water they can also be interesting as water-supply units in the SW-part of the Netherlands Model simulations have shown that the actual distribution of fresh and salt water in the aquifers is mainly the result of different flow conditions during the last glacial periods, and not only of the present groundwater-flow situation. |
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