Tracking Holocene glacial and high-altitude alpine environments fluctuations from minerogenic and organic markers in proglacial lake sediments (Lake Blanc Huez, Western French Alps)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-43

  Simonneau, Anaëlle ^a,b   Chapron, Emmanuel ^a   Garçon, Marion ^c   Winiarski, Thierry ^d   Graz, Yann ^a,e   Chauvel, Catherine ^c   Debret, Maxime ^a,f   Motelica Heino, Mickaël ^a   Desmet, Marc ^g   Di Giovanni, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^g Parc de Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient mining activities; Glacial fluctuations; High altitude environments; Holocene; Northern Westerlies; Proglacial lake; Soil erosion; Western French Alps

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LAKES; SOILS;

ANCIENT MININGS; FRENCH ALPS; GLACIAL FLUCTUATIONS; HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENTS; HOLOCENES; NORTHERN WESTERLIES; PROGLACIAL LAKES; SOIL EROSION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MINING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; ROMAN ERA; SOIL EROSION; WESTERLY;

FRANCE; ISERE; LAKE BLANC HUEZ; RHONE-ALPES;

EID: 84896899096     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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