7200 Years of Rhône river flooding activity in Lake Le Bourget, France: A high-resolution sediment record of NW Alps hydrology

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-428

  Arnaud, F ^a,d   Revel, M ^b   Chapron, E ^c,e   Desmet, M ^d   Tribovillard, N ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Climate; Floods; France; Holocene; Human impact; Magnetic susceptibility; Major elements; Palaeohydrology; Rh ne; River discharge; Silicate minerals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOODING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18844434695     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl801rp     Document Type: Article

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