Multibeam bathymetry investigations of mass movements in Lake Le Bourget (NW Alps, France) using a portable platform

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 4th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 423-434

  Ledoux, G ^a   Lajeunesse, P ^a   Chapron, E ^b   St Onge, G ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alps; Earthquakes; Lake Le Bourget; Morpho sedimentology; Multibeam bathymetry; Sublacustrine mass movements

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; SUBMARINES; SURVEYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR;

ALPS; DEPOSITION ZONE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MASS MOVEMENT; MASS-WASTING EVENTS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDER; SEISMIC SURVEYS;

LAKES;

EID: 84903438082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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