The postglacial rockfall in the Kander valley (Switzerland): Age and effects on palaeo-environments;Der nacheiszeitliche Bergsturz im Kandertal (Schweiz): Alter und Auswirkungen auf die damalige Umwelt

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-95

  Tinner, Willy ^a   Kaltenrieder, Petra ^a   Soom, Michael ^b   Zwahlen, Peter ^c   Schmidhalter, Martin ^d   Boschetti, Adriano ^d   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GEOTEST AG   (Switzerland)

^c Geotechnisches Institut AG   (Switzerland)

^d Dendrolabor Wallis ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Corylus; Holocene; Landslides; Macrofossil analysis; Pollen analysis; Quaternary sediments; Rock falls

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; ROCKFALL;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KANDER VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FILICOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PINUS SILVESTRIS; POACEAE; QUERCUS; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 23944455557     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-005-1147-8     Document Type: Article

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