Würmian deglaciation of western Lake Geneva (Switzerland) based on seismic stratigraphy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Fiore, Julien ^a   Girardclos, Stéphanie ^a   Pugin, André ^a,b   Gorin, Georges ^a   Wildi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Esker; Fjord lake; Glacial deposits; Lake Geneva; Perialpine lake; Proglacial; Push moraine; Quaternary; Rhone glacier; Seismic stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ESKER; FJORD LAKE; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; PERIALPINE LAKE; PROGLACIAL; PUSH MORAINE; QUATERNARY; RHONE GLACIER; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LAKES;

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DEGLACIATION; ECHO SOUNDER; ESKER; FJORD; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUSH MORAINE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST; WATER TABLE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE GENEVA; RHONE GLACIER; RHONE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78951469225     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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