Cosmogenic 10Be dating of a sackung and its faulted rock glaciers, in the Alps of Savoy (France)

Geomorphology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 312-320

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a   Bourlès, Didier ^a   Braucher, Régis ^a   Carcaillet, Julien ^b   Léanni, Laëtitia ^a   Arnold, Maurice ^a   Aumaitre, Georges ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray exposure dating; Deep seated gravitational deformation; Fault scarps; Rock glacier; Sackung; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AGE DETERMINATION; COSMIC RAY; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROCK GLACIER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE SAVOIE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349204001     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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