Discovery of periglacial features (sand and composite-wedges) in the nuclear waste storage site of the Aube department (France);Découverte de structures périglaciaires (sand-wedges et composite-wedges) sur le site de stockage de déchets radioactifs de l'Aube (France)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1462-1473

  Antoine, Pierre ^a   Marchiol, Albert ^b   Brocandel, Marcel ^c   Gros, Yves ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b Centre de l'Aube   (France)

^c Service Milieux Géologiques   (France)

^d ANTEA   (France)

Author keywords

Aptians sands; Last Glacial; Northern France; Periglacial environment; Sand wedges

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29944447401     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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