Deposits related to the failure of the Malpasset Dam in 1959. An analogue for hyperpycnal deposits from jökulhlaups

Marine Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Mulder, T ^a   Zaragosi, S ^a   Jouanneau, J M ^a   Bellaiche, G ^b   Guerinaud S ^a   Querneau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Hameau de la Corne dOr   (France)

Author keywords

flood; freezing; inertia flow; j kulhlaup; Malpasset Dam break; SE France; surge flow

Indexed keywords

DAMS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; FREEZING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DAM-BREAKS; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; INERTIA FLOW; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBGLACIAL LAKES; SURGE-FLOW;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; FREEZING; ICE COVER; JOKULHLAUP; ORGANIC MATTER; SAND; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64649083955     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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