The last 500 year of sedimentation in Shkodra Lake (Albania/Montenegro): Paleoenvironmental evolution and potential for paleoseismicity studies

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 619-633

  Van Welden, Aurélien ^a   Beck, Christian ^a   Reyss, Jean Louis ^b   Bushati, Salvatore ^c   Koci, Rexhep ^d   Jouanne, François ^a   Mugnier, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Academy of Sciences of Albania   (Albania)

^d Institute of Seismology of Albania   (Albania)

Author keywords

Grain sizing; Lake Shkodra; Late Holocene; LOI; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleoseismology; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CORE ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAKE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RECORD; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTENEGRO; SKADAR LAKE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 46849120226     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9186-y     Document Type: Article

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