Plio-Pleistocene landscape evolution in Northern Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-467

  Kuhlemann, Joachim ^a   Rahn, Meinert ^a  

^a Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track age dating; North Alpine foreland basin; Nuclear waste disposal; Sedimentation; Tectonic geomorphology; Uplift and erosion

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; APATITE; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORELAND BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOSURFACE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; UPLIFT;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890611829     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-013-0152-6     Document Type: Article

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