Reconstructing lateral migration rates in meandering systems – a novel Bayesian approach combining optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and historical maps

Quik, Cindy; Wallinga, Jakob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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30 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 30 Aug 2018

Reconstructing lateral migration rates in meandering systems – a novel Bayesian approach combining optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and historical maps

Cindy Quik and Jakob Wallinga

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018-supplement

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Data from: Reconstructing lateral migration rates in meandering systems; a novel Bayesian approach combining OSL dating and historical maps Cindy Quik and Jakob Wallinga https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:1ca25393-aa99-48dc-b382-0506322bc449

Short summary

Identifying contemporary river migration rates is often based on aerial photos or recent topographical maps. Here, we propose to use river sediments as an archive to look further back in time using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and develop a modelling procedure for the joint analysis of dating results and historical maps. The procedure is applied to the Overijsselse Vecht river in The Netherlands, and we show that the river migrated with 0.9–2.6 m yr⁻¹ between 1400 and 1900 CE.