Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg

About this book

Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg provides an informative and intriguing overview of the most scenic landscapes of Belgium and Luxembourg. Geodiversity is emphasized, for example the periglacial features in the Hautes Fagnes area, the planation surfaces in the Ardennes and Oesling, and the famous caves of Han/Lesse and Remouchamps. The book's chief goals are to provide the reader with enjoyable and informative descriptions of the selected sites within their regional geographical and geological settings; to offer an up-to-date survey of the evolution of Belgium's and Luxembourg's landscape; and to share additional information on the cultural value of the respective sites wherever appropriate. Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg is a richly illustrated reference work that makes accessible for the first time a wealth of information currently scattered among many national and regional journals. It will benefit earth scientists, environmental scientists, tourism geographers and conservationists alike.

Contents

Chapter 1. Morphogenic Setting and Diversity of Processes and Landforms: The Geomorphological Regions of Belgium
Chapter 2. An Introduction to the Geology of Belgium and Luxembourg
Chapter 3. The Climate of Belgium and Luxembourg
Chapter 4. Landscapes and Landforms of the Luxembourg Sandstone, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Chapter 5. Erosion Surfaces in the Ardenne-Oesling and their Associated Kaolinic Weathering Mantle
Chapter 6. A Unique Boulder-bed Reach of the Ambleve River, Ardenne, at Fonds de Quarreux: Modes of Boulder Transport
Chapter 7. The Periglacial Ramparted Depressions of the Hautes Fagnes Plateau: Traces of Late Weichselian lithalsas
Chapter 8. Karstic Systems in Eastern Belgium: Remouchamps and Nou Bleu
Chapter 9. The Karstic System of Han/Lesse
Chapter 10. The Picturesque Ardennian Valleys: Plio-Quaternary Incision of the Drainage System in the Uplifting Ardenne
Chapter 11. Karst and Underground Landscapes in the Cretaceous Chalk and Calcarenite of the Belgian-Dutch Border - The Montagne Saint-Pierre
Chapter 12. The Campine
Chapter 13. Morphotectonics and Past Large Earthquakes in Eastern Belgium
Chapter 14. The Hageland Hills, Legacies of the Depositional Architecture of the Miocene Diest Sands
Chapter 15. Gullies and Closed Depressions in the Loess Belt: Scars of Human-environment Interactions
Chapter 16. River Landscapes in the Dijle Catchment: From Natural to Anthropogenic Meandering Rivers
Chapter 17. The Scheldt Estuary: An Overview of the Morphodynamics of Intertidal Areas
Chapter 18. The Flemish Valley: Response of the Scheldt Drainage System to Climatic and Glacio-eustatic Oscillations
Chapter 19. The Coastal Plain of Belgium, Joint Product of Natural Processes and Human Activities
Chapter 20. Landslides in Belgium - Two Case Studies in the Flemish Ardennes and the Pays de Herve
Chapter 21. Spy and Scladina Caves: A Neandertal's Story
Chapter 22. The Semois Valley in Southern Ardenne: Short-wavelength, Large-amplitude Meanders Incised into a Slaty Basement
Chapter 23. Cuestas in Gutland (S Luxembourg) and Belgian Lorraine: Evolution of a Structurally Controlled Landscape
Chapter 24. Geomorphosites: Function and Geoheritage Preservation in Belgium

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Biography

Alain Demoulin is Senior Research Associate of the FSR-FNRS (National Fund for Scientific Research) of Belgium and teaches Quaternary geology, morphotectonics and volcanism at the University of Liege, Belgium. His more than 35-year-long research activities in the field of Geomorphology saw him involved in studies about long-term geomorphology, geodetic monitoring of recent crustal movement, landslide hazard and, more recently, Quaternary drainage evolution, geomorphometry, and river incision response to tectonic perturbations. Besides main researches conducted in Belgium and NW Europe, he worked also in Argentina, Turkey, Greece, Italy.