Late Pleistocene earthquake-triggered moraine dam failure and outburst of Lake Zurich, Switzerland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Strasser, M ^a,b   Schindler, C ^c   Anselmetti, F S ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Sedimentology Group Department of Surface Waters Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology ^*  (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CRITICAL FLOW; DAM FAILURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MORAINE; OUTBURST; OVERTOPPING; PEAK DISCHARGE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICHSEE;

EID: 50849141725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000802     Document Type: Article

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