Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Morphogenic Setting and Diversity of Processes and Landforms: The Geomorphological Regions of Belgium

   • Alain Demoulin

   Pages 1-8

3. An Introduction to the Geology of Belgium and Luxembourg

   • Frédéric Boulvain, Noël Vandenberghe

   Pages 9-33

4. The Climate of Belgium and Luxembourg

   • Michel Erpicum, Myriem Nouri, Alain Demoulin

   Pages 35-41

5. Landscapes and Landforms of the Luxembourg Sandstone, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

   • Birgit Kausch, Robert Maquil

   Pages 43-62

6. Erosion Surfaces in the Ardenne–Oesling and Their Associated Kaolinic Weathering Mantle

   • Alain Demoulin, François Barbier, Augustin Dekoninck, Michèle Verhaert, Gilles Ruffet, Christian Dupuis et al.

   Pages 63-84

7. A Unique Boulder-Bed Reach of the Amblève River, Ardenne, at Fonds de Quarreux: Modes of Boulder Transport

   • Geoffrey Houbrechts, François Petit, Jean Van Campenhout, Etienne Juvigné, Alain Demoulin

   Pages 85-99

8. The Periglacial Ramparted Depressions of the Hautes Fagnes Plateau: Traces of Late Weichselian Lithalsas

   • Alain Demoulin, Etienne Juvigné, Geoffrey Houbrechts

   Pages 101-113

9. Karstic Systems in Eastern Belgium: Remouchamps and Noû Bleû

   • Alexandre Peeters, Camille Ek

   Pages 115-137

10. The Karstic System of Han-sur-Lesse

    • Yves Quinif, Vincent Hallet

    Pages 139-158

11. The Picturesque Ardennian Valleys: Plio-Quaternary Incision of the Drainage System in the Uplifting Ardenne

    • Gilles Rixhon, Alain Demoulin

    Pages 159-175

12. Karst and Underground Landscapes in the Cretaceous Chalk and Calcarenite of the Belgian-Dutch Border—The Montagne Saint-Pierre

    • Luc Willems, Joël Rodet

    Pages 177-192

13. The Campine Plateau

    • Koen Beerten, Roland Dreesen, Jos Janssen, Dany Van Uytven

    Pages 193-214

14. Morphotectonics and Past Large Earthquakes in Eastern Belgium

    • Kris Vanneste, Thierry Camelbeeck, Koen Verbeeck, Alain Demoulin

    Pages 215-236

15. The Hageland Hills, Legacies of the Depositional Architecture of the Miocene Diest Sands

    • Rik Houthuys, Johan Matthijs

    Pages 237-252

16. Gullies and Closed Depressions in the Loess Belt: Scars of Human–Environment Interactions

    • Jean Poesen, Tom Vanwalleghem, Jozef Deckers

    Pages 253-267

17. River Landscapes in the Dijle Catchment: From Natural to Anthropogenic Meandering Rivers

    • Gert Verstraeten, Bastiaan Notebaert, Nils Broothaerts, Jef Vandenberghe, Paul De Smedt

    Pages 269-280

18. The Scheldt Estuary: An Overview of the Morphodynamics of Intertidal Areas

    • Lennert Schepers, Tom Maris, Patrick Meire, Stijn Temmerman

    Pages 281-296

19. The Flemish Valley: Response of the Scheldt Drainage System to Climatic and Glacio-Eustatic Oscillations

    • Irénée Heyse, Alain Demoulin

    Pages 297-311

20. The Coastal Plain of Belgium, Joint Product of Natural Processes and Human Activities

    • Cecile Baeteman

    Pages 313-334

This book 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.
 
The book 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.

• Coastal Geomorphology
• Han/Lesse Caves
• Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg
• Planation Surfaces in the Ardenne and Oesling
• Remouchamps Caves
• Semois Valley

• Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Alain Demoulin

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 Liège, 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.

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