Sediment core correlation and mapping of sediment accumulation rates in Lake Geneva (Switzerland, France) using volume magnetic susceptibility

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-402

  Loizeau, Jean Luc ^a   Dominik, Janusz ^a   Luzzi, Tiziana ^a   Vernet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core correlation; Cs 137; Lake Geneva; Sediment accumulation rate; Sediment supply; Volume Magnetic Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031406770     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(97)70921-3     Document Type: Article

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