The impact of sea level rise on a delta environment : Landscape dynamics, preservation, habitability of the buried Holocene landscapes of The Netherlands

Abstract

Sea-level rise has had a major influence on landscape development in coastal and delta plains throughout the Holocene, resulting in rapidly changing depositional environments and reworking or burial of older deposits. These maps represent The Netherlands during four Holocene time slices, containing information on landscape evolution, preservation and palaeoelevation. The digital maps allow for the quantification of the impact of sea level rise on different landscape types and associated archaeology over time.