10Be ages reveal >12ka of gravitational movement in a major sackung of the Western Alps (France)

Geomorphology

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-153

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a   Bourlès, Didier ^a   Léanni, Laëtitia ^a   Braucher, Régis ^a   Chauvet, Frédéric ^a   Lebatard, Anne Elisabeth ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray exposure dating; Deep seated gravitational slope deformation; Fault scarps; Rock glacier; Sackung; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL EROSION; GRAVITY FIELD; ROCK GLACIER; SLIP RATE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; FRANCE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84865566772     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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