Recent clastic sedimentation processes in Lake Puyehue (Chilean Lake District, 40.5°S)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 365-385

  Chapron, Emmanuel ^a,b   Juvigné, Etienne ^c   Mulsow, Sandor ^b   Ariztegui, Daniel ^d   Magand, Olivier ^e   Bertrand, Sébastien ^c   Pino, Mario ^b   Chapron, Olivier ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f Alpine Institute of Environmental Dynamics   (France)

Author keywords

1960 earthquake; Flood deposits; Lake sediment; Southern Chile; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; PUYEHUE LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34848884235     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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