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Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

Pauline F.M. van Gaans  and
Simon P. Vriend
Pauline F.M. van Gaans
Affiliation:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC UTRECHT, the Netherlands; corresponding author; e-mail: P.Gaans@geog.uu.nl
Simon P. Vriend
Affiliation:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA UTRECHT, the Netherlands; e-mail: Vriend@geo.uu.nl
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In the beginning of the 1990’s, the Department of Geochemistry of Utrecht University started a series of geochemical surveys of the Leeward Islands of the Antilles that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Apart from seeking a nice, warm fieldwork environment, the undertaking was motivated by the deficits in infrastructure and financial resources of these islands, which precluded the authorities to undertake such a survey on their own. By then, the International Geological Correlations Programme (IGCP; Darnley et al., 1995) had just been established to address the need for standardised geochemical databases worldwide; the then Geological Survey of the Netherlands (RGD) - now the TNO-Institute of Applied Geosciences (TNO-NITG) - participated in this programme from the start.

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Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 79 , Special Issue 4: Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands , December 2000 , pp. 371 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2000

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