Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-705-2018
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

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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.