Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
 Morphogenic Setting and Diversity of Processes and Landforms: The Geomorphological Regions of Belgium  (Alain Demoulin)....Pages 1-8
 An Introduction to the Geology of Belgium and Luxembourg  (Frédéric Boulvain, Noël Vandenberghe)....Pages 9-33
 The Climate of Belgium and Luxembourg  (Michel Erpicum, Myriem Nouri, Alain Demoulin)....Pages 35-41
 Landscapes and Landforms of the Luxembourg Sandstone, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg  (Birgit Kausch, Robert Maquil)....Pages 43-62
 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
 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
 The Periglacial Ramparted Depressions of the Hautes Fagnes Plateau: Traces of Late Weichselian Lithalsas  (Alain Demoulin, Etienne Juvigné, Geoffrey Houbrechts)....Pages 101-113
 Karstic Systems in Eastern Belgium: Remouchamps and Noû Bleû  (Alexandre Peeters, Camille Ek)....Pages 115-137
 The Karstic System of Han-sur-Lesse  (Yves Quinif, Vincent Hallet)....Pages 139-158
 The Picturesque Ardennian Valleys: Plio-Quaternary Incision of the Drainage System in the Uplifting Ardenne  (Gilles Rixhon, Alain Demoulin)....Pages 159-175
 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
 The Campine Plateau  (Koen Beerten, Roland Dreesen, Jos Janssen, Dany Van Uytven)....Pages 193-214
 Morphotectonics and Past Large Earthquakes in Eastern Belgium  (Kris Vanneste, Thierry Camelbeeck, Koen Verbeeck, Alain Demoulin)....Pages 215-236
 The Hageland Hills, Legacies of the Depositional Architecture of the Miocene Diest Sands  (Rik Houthuys, Johan Matthijs)....Pages 237-252
 Gullies and Closed Depressions in the Loess Belt: Scars of Human–Environment Interactions  (Jean Poesen, Tom Vanwalleghem, Jozef Deckers)....Pages 253-267
 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
 The Scheldt Estuary: An Overview of the Morphodynamics of Intertidal Areas  (Lennert Schepers, Tom Maris, Patrick Meire, Stijn Temmerman)....Pages 281-296
 The Flemish Valley: Response of the Scheldt Drainage System to Climatic and Glacio-Eustatic Oscillations  (Irénée Heyse, Alain Demoulin)....Pages 297-311
 The Coastal Plain of Belgium, Joint Product of Natural Processes and Human Activities  (Cecile Baeteman)....Pages 313-334
 Landslides in Belgium—Two Case Studies in the Flemish Ardennes and the Pays de Herve  (Olivier Dewitte, Miet Van Den Eeckhaut, Jean Poesen, Alain Demoulin)....Pages 335-355
 Spy and Scladina Caves: A Neandertal’s Story  (Stéphane Pirson, Michel Toussaint, Dominique Bonjean, Kévin Di Modica)....Pages 357-383
 The Semois Valley in Southern Ardenne: Short-Wavelength, Large-Amplitude Meanders Incised into a Slaty Basement  (François Petit, Eric Hallot, Geoffrey Houbrechts)....Pages 385-394
 Cuestas in Gutland (S Luxembourg) and Belgian Lorraine: Evolution of a Structurally Controlled Landscape  (François Petit, Robert Maquil, Birgit Kausch, Eric Hallot)....Pages 395-410
 Geomorphosites: Function and Geoheritage Preservation in Belgium  (André Ozer, Michiel Dusar)....Pages 411-424