Formation and evolution of the Lower Terrace of the Rhine River in the area of Basel

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-321

  Kock, Stéphane ^a   Huggenberger, Peter ^b   Preusser, Frank ^c   Rentzel, Philippe ^d   Wetzel, Andreas ^b  

^a Universität Basel ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluvial deposits; Fluvial terraces; Optical dating; Pleistocene; River incision; River rhine

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIATION; OPTICAL METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; TERRACE; YOUNGER DRYAS; BRAIDED RIVER; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PEDOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER; ALPS; BASEL; BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; PREALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349733187     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-009-1325-1     Document Type: Article

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