The AD 1881 earthquake-triggered slump and late Holocene flood-induced turbidites from proglacial Lake Bramant, western French ALPS

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 279-286

  Guyard, H ^a,b   St Onge, G ^a,b   Chapron, E ^c   Anselmetti, F S ^c   Francus, P ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Floods; Hyperpycnites; Proglacial lake; Slump; Turbidites; Western French alps

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

FRENCH ALPS; HYPERPYCNITES; PROGLACIAL LAKES; SLUMP; TURBIDITES;

FLOODS;

EID: 57649235469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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