Geology of the Netherlands

Second Edition

Johan Veen, Geert-Jan Vis, Jan Jager, Theo Wong

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040784815
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences
• Index: Biological Sciences

Below the famously flat surface of the Netherlands lies a fascinating world of buried mountains and valleys, which can only be unraveled with drillings, geophysical techniques and geological understanding.,Thorough exploration for hydrocarbons, groundwater and minerals produced a wealth of data and knowledge about the Dutch subsurface and its various uses. The second edition of this book, originally published in 2007, provides access to that wealth with a thoroughly revised and updated description of the Paleozoic to recent geology of the Netherlands, including the offshore. It covers applied geology with chapters on oil and gas, coal and peat, rock salt, groundwater, construction minerals, silica sand, underground storage and sequestration, and geothermal energy. It treats the natural and anthropogenic geohazards of seismicity and subsidence. Finally, it illustrates how data and knowledge of the Dutch subsurface are disseminated by the Geological Survey of the Netherlands, part of research and technology organisation TNO.,Geology of the Netherlands is a comprehensive reference work for geologists, engineers, geoscience students, and all others who wish to know more about the relevance and applications of geology in the Netherlands.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Geological development
• 2 The geological foundation of the Netherlands: the early Carboniferous, Devonian and older
• 3 Late Carboniferous
• 4 Permian
• 5 Triassic
• 6 Rhaetian to Middle Jurassic
• 7 Late Jurassic Early Cretaceous
• 8 Late Cretaceous
• 9 Paleogene – Neogene
• 10 Quaternary
• Magmatism in the Netherlands: expression of the northwest European rifting history
• 12 Salt tectonics
• 13 Sediment mineralogy and geochemistry
• 14 Petroleum geology
• 15 Peat, coal and coalbed methane
• 16 Salt production
• 17 Hydrogeology
• 18 Surface mineral resources
• 19 Geothermal energy – from potential plays to successful growth
• 20 Underground storage
• Chapter 21 Geological disposal of radioactive waste
• 22 Natural and induced seismicity
• 23 Subsidence
• 24 Geological subsurface models of the Netherlands
• Contributing authors
• Index