Bedrock, Quaternary sediment and recent fault activity in central Lake Neuchâtel, as derived from high-resolution reflection seismics

Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 96, Issue SPEC, 2003, Pages

  Gorin, Georges ^a   Morend, Didier ^a   Pugin, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fault; Glacial sedimentation; High resolution seismic; Molasse; Neotectonics; Quaternary infill; Seismic facies

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0142153679     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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