Distribution, geometry, age and origin of overdeepened valleys and basins in the Alps and their foreland

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-426

  Preusser, Frank ^a   Reitner, Jürgen M ^b   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Erosion; Glaciations; Overdeepening; Quaternary; Sediments

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; GEOMETRY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LANDSCAPE; MESSINIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TUNNELING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALPS;

EID: 78650679736     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0044-y     Document Type: Article

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