Late glacial and early Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in Geneva Bay (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 51-73

  Moscariello, Andrea ^a   Schneider, Anne Marie ^b   Filippi, Maria Letizia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Musee Jardins Botaniques de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lake deposits; Mineralogy; Palaeolimnology; Palynology; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031870883     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00027-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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