Fig. 8.12.1

The Belgian Coastal Plain and the Schelde Estuary. 1 – Submerged sand banks, 2 – 1960–1980 erosive sectors, 3 – younger dunes, 4 – older dunes, 5 – outcrop of Subboreal peat, 6 – limit of the reclaimed Holocene intertidal areas, 7 – present-day intertidal flats, 8 – late Glacial aeolian sand ridge, 9 – holocene river dunes, 10 – weichselian fluvioperiglacial sands (mainly Flemish Valley infillings), 11 – uplands in Lower Pleistocene deposits, 12 – uplands in Tertiary sands and clays. BI Blankenberge; Br Bredene; H De Haan; M Middelkerke; O Oostende; P De Panne; V Veurne; KB Kwinte bank; OD Oostdyck; WB Wenduine bank; MB Middelkerke bank; OB Oostende bank; WVB Walvis bank; NB Nieuwpoort bank; SMB Smal bank. (Courtesy Geostudies.)