Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland) seismic stratigraphic record points to the simultaneous Würmian deglaciation of the RhÔne Glacier and Jura Ice Cap

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-19

  Ndiaye, Matar ^a   Clerc, Nicolas ^a   Gorin, Georges ^a   Girardclos, Stéphanie ^a   Fiore, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deltas; Fjord lake; Glacial; Glacier readvances; Glacio lacustrine; La Lance fault zone; Moraines; Perialpine lake; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SNOW; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DELTAS; FAULT ZONE; FJORD LAKES; GLACIAL; GLACIO-LACUSTRINE; MORAINES; SUBGLACIAL;

LAKES;

ALTITUDE; AMPLITUDE; CORRELATION; DEGLACIATION; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT ZONE; GLACIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MESOZOIC; MORAINE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; RHONE GLACIER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890287258     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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