High-resolution seismic stratigraphy of late Quaternary fill of Lake Annecy (northwestern Alps): Evolution from glacial to interglacial sedimentary processes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-96

  Van Rensbergen, P ^a,c   De Batist, M ^a   Beck, Ch ^b   Manalt, F ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de Géodynumique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

French Alps; Glacial sedimentation; Lacustrine sedimentation; Quaternary; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAKE INFILL; LAST GLACIATION; QUATERNARY DEPOSIT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0031843381     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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