Lake Bourget regional erosion patterns reconstruction reveals Holocene NW European Alps soil evolution and paleohydrology

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-92

  Arnaud, Fabien ^a   Révillon, Sidonie ^b   Debret, Maxime ^c   Revel, Marie ^d   Chapron, Emmanuel ^e   Jacob, Jérémy ^e   Giguet Covex, Charline ^a   Poulenard, Jérôme ^a   Magny, Michel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Erosion; Holocene; Paleohydrology; Soil dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DATA POINTS; DRY CONDITION; EROSION PATTERNS; EROSION PROCESS; EUROPEAN ALPS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL ACTIVITY; IRON AGE; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; LONG-TERM TREND; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL SCALE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHELTERING EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL EVOLUTIONS; STEADY STATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

EROSION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; IRON AGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ALPS; BOURGET LAKE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE;

EID: 84865082208     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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