Subaqueous morphology of Lake Lucerne (Central Switzerland): Implications for mass movements and glacial history

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-443

  Hilbe, Michael ^a   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^a   Eilertsen, Raymond S ^b   Hansen, Louise ^b   Wildi, Walter ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Natural hazards; Perialpine lakes; Soft sediment deformation; Subaqueous moraines; Swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHRONOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; MASS MOVEMENT; MORAINE; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SLOPE;

SWITZERLAND; VIERWALDSTATTERSEE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 82455179489     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-011-0083-z     Document Type: Article

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