A Study of the Vegetation of the “Turfkoele” and of the Palynological Character of the Peat deposited in this Swamp

On the frontier of the municipalities “Melick en Herkenbosch” and “Vlodrop” near the road from Herkenbosch to boundery-mark 376, in the site named “Koezoep”, in the province ofLimburg, Netherlands, is a peat swamp, known as the “Turfkoele”. From the geological map (no. 58, fourth part sheet 4) it appears that the peat under the swamp has been formed on a deposit of river sand. This deposit has come from the Roer and lays on the middle terrace of this river and of the Meuse.