Sediment distribution on a current-dominated lake delta (Versoix delta, Lake Geneva, Switzerland)

Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 96, Issue SPEC, 2003, Pages

  Ulmann, Maud ^a   Wildi, Walter ^a   Lemmin, Ulrich ^b  

^a Institut F A Forel   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delta sedimentation; Lake currents; Lake Geneva; Wind drift

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMNOLOGY; WIND FORCING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0142246857     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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