Mapping sediment accumulation rate by using volume magnetic susceptibility core correlation in a contaminated bay (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)

Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 96, Issue SPEC, 2003, Pages

  Loizeau, Jean Luc ^a   Rozé, Stéphane ^b   Peytremann, Christophe ^a   Monna, Fabrice ^c   Dominik, Janusz ^a  

^a University of Genova   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

3 D; 137Cs dating; Core correlation; Lake sediment; Magnetic susceptibility; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0142230588     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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