Foreword – L. van GeunsIntroduction - J.H. ten Veen, G.-J. Vis, J. de Jager and Th. E. Wong†Obituary Theo Wong – S. Kroonenberg, D.K. Munsterman and W. Herngreen1 Geological development - J. de Jager, K. van Ojik, & J. Smit2 The geological foundation of the Netherlands: the early Carboniferous, Devonian and older - G.-J. Vis, A.J.P. Houben, T.N. Debacker, and C.R. Geel3 Late Carboniferous - R. Huis in ’t Veld† and D. den Hartog Jager4 Permian - R. Bouroullec and C.R. Geel5 Triassic - T. McKie and B. Kilhams6 Rhaetian to Middle Jurassic: the Altena Group - J.P. Trabucho Alexandre and Th. E. Wong†7 Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous - R.M.C.H. Verreussel, D.K. Munsterman, R. Bouroullec and A.J.P. Houben8 Late Cretaceous - H. Van Lochem, G.-J. Vis and J.W.M. Jagt9 Paleogene-Neogene - D.K. Munsterman, T.H. Donders, A.J.P. Houben, J.H. ten Veen, and F.P. Wesselingh10 Quaternary - F.S. Busschers, K. Cohen, F.P. Wesselingh, J. Schokker, M. Bakker, R. van Balen and S. van Heteren11 Magmatism in the Netherlands: expression of the north-west European rifting history - M.J. van Bergen, G.-J. Vis, J.M. Kornneef & I. Brouwers 12 Salt Tectonics - R. Bouroullec, R. and J.H. ten Veen13 Sediment mineralogy and geochemistry - J. Griffioen M. Felder, N. Molenaar, J. Spijker and A. Hoving 14 Petroleum Geology - G. Remmelts, S. Nelskamp,J. de Jager & M.C. Geluk†15 Peat, coal and coalbed methane - F. van Bergen & K. Koster16 Salt Production - R. Groenenberg, M. den Hartogh, M. & P. Fokker17 Hydrogeology - H. Verweij, W.J. Zaadnoordijk, G.H.P. Oude Essing and N. Hartog18 Surface Mineral Resources - M.J. van der Meulen, J.J. Dijkstra, T.P.F. Koopmans, H.S. Pietersen, J. Stam and D. Maljers19 Geothermal energy - H. Mijnlieff, L. Buijze, E. Rosendaal,F. Schoof, F., R. Vorage and J.-D. van Wees20 Underground storage - J. Juez-Larré, R. Groenenberg, D. Dinkelman, T., Huijskes, J.M. Koornneef, S.F. van Gessel and C.F.M. Bos21 Radioactive waste - E.A.C. Neeft, J. Bartol, M. Vuorio, M. and G.-J. Vis 22 Natural and induced seismicity - B. Dost,E. Ruigrok, J. Spetzler and P. Kruiver23 Subsidence - P.A. Fokker, T.T. Candela, G. Erkens, R.F. Hanssen, H. Kooi, K. Koster and F.J. van Leijen 24 Geomodelling - J. Stafleu, F.S. Busschers, M.J. van der Meulen, M. den Dulk, J.L. Gunnink, D. Maljers, J.H. Hummelman, J. Schokker, R.W. Vernes, J. Stam, W. Dabekaussen, J.H. ten Veen, H. Doornenbal, H. R. Kars and R. de BruijnBelow the famously flat surface of the Netherlands lies a fascinating world of buried mountains and valleys, which can only be unraveled with drillings, geophysical techniques and geological understanding.Thorough exploration for hydrocarbons, groundwater and minerals produced a wealth of data and knowledge about the Dutch subsurface and its various uses. The second edition of this book, originally published in 2007, provides access to that wealth with a thoroughly revised and updated description of the Paleozoic to recent geology of the Netherlands, including the offshore. It covers applied geology with chapters on oil and gas, coal and peat, rock salt, groundwater, construction minerals, silica sand, underground storage and sequestration, and geothermal energy. It treats the natural and anthropogenic geohazards of seismicity and subsidence. Finally, it illustrates how data and knowledge of the Dutch subsurface are disseminated by the Geological Survey of the Netherlands, part of research and technology organisation TNO.Geology of the Netherlands is a comprehensive reference work for geologists, engineers, geoscience students, and all others who wish to know more about the relevance and applications of geology in the Netherlands.