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Corrigendum to “Advantages of integrated geophysical, sedimentary, and dating approaches for reconstructing Holocene tidal inlet evolution: A case study from offshore the Belgian coastal plain” [Geomorphology 505 (2026) 110311]
Cartelle, V.; Vervust, S.; Van Wesemael, W.; Mestdagh, T.; Çiçek, Y.A.; Schwarz, C.; Missiaen, T.; De Bie, M.; Plets, R. (2026). Corrigendum to “Advantages of integrated geophysical, sedimentary, and dating approaches for reconstructing Holocene tidal inlet evolution: A case study from offshore the Belgian coastal plain” [Geomorphology 505 (2026) 110311]. Geomorphology (Amst.) 506: 110332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110332
In: Geomorphology. Elsevier: Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo. ISSN 0169-555X; e-ISSN 1872-695X
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Cartelle, V.; Vervust, S.; Van Wesemael, W.; Mestdagh, T.; Çiçek, Y.A.; Schwarz, C.; Missiaen, T.; De Bie, M.; Plets, R. (2026). Advantages of integrated geophysical, sedimentary, and dating approaches for reconstructing Holocene tidal inlet evolution: A case study from offshore the Belgian coastal plain. Geomorphology (Amst.) 505: 110311. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110311, more
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Author keywords
    Palaeo-tidal inlets, Optically stimulated luminescence profiling; Acoustic data; Palaeocoastline reconstruction
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  • Cartelle, V.
  • Vervust, S.
  • Van Wesemael, W.
  • Mestdagh, T.
  • Çiçek, Y.A.
  • Schwarz, C.
  • Missiaen, T.
  • De Bie, M.
  • Plets, R.
Abstract
    Relict tidal inlets preserved on continental shelves provide key evidence for past shoreline positions and coastal evolution, but their recognition is often hindered by erosion, reworking and fragmentary preservation. Here we integrate high-resolution sub-bottom profiling, sedimentological facies analysis, radiocarbon dating, and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) profiling to reconstruct the mid- to late Holocene evolution of a tidal inlet complex located offshore the Belgian coastal plain. Six major channels (A–F) were acoustically mapped and linked to sediment cores, revealing channel fills, lateral-accretion packages, and prograding sand body deposits. Luminescence profiling of cores established a relative chronostratigraphy that, once anchored to radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic relationships, resolved anomalous ages and refined the chronology of channel activity. Results indicate that all of these mapped channels correspond to repeated phases of tidal inlet incision, migration, and reoccupation within a confined coastal sector over a period of at least four millennia. The preserved stratigraphy demonstrates that the inlet complex remained fixed in broadly the same position relative to the current shoreline between 5.6 ka and 1.7 ka BP. This implies that the coastline and its associated barrier system persisted at approximately 2 km seaward of the present-day coastline for about 4000 years, despite sea-level rise and transgressive erosion. These findings provide the first offshore evidence complementing and challenging reconstructions from land-based studies of the Belgian coastal plain. This approach also allows to reconstruct former coastline and tidal inlet positions in partly reworked offshore settings. More broadly, they demonstrate how integrating geophysical imaging, sedimentary facies, radiocarbon dating and OSL profiling can overcome the limitations of classic approaches by resolving reworked ages, constraining inlet mobility, and delivering more robust palaeogeographic reconstructions of Holocene coastal change
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