Evolution of an overdeepened trough in the northern Alpine Foreland at Niederweningen, Switzerland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-145

  Dehnert, Andreas ^a   Lowick, Sally E ^b   Preusser, Frank ^b,i   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^c   Drescher Schneider, Ruth ^d   Graf, Hans Rudolf ^e   Heller, Friedrich ^f   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^g   Kemna, Hans Axel ^a,j   Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^h   Züger, Andreas ^b   Furrer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e Matousek Baumann and Niggli AG   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g AUGEOS GmbH   (Switzerland)

^h GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Ucon Geoconsulting   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Glacial overdeepening; Luminescence dating; MIS 6; Pollen analysis; Sediment core

Indexed keywords

DRILL CORE; GLACIAL ADVANCES; GLACIAL OVERDEEPENING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; POLLEN ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC PROFILING; SWITZERLAND;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CORE DRILLING; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER ADVANCE; INFILL; LAST GLACIATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TROUGH;

ALPS; NIEDERWENINGEN; PREALPS; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84856592820     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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