Influences of major flood sediment inputs on sedimentary and geochemical signals archived in a reservoir core (Upper Loire Basin, France)

Catena

Volumn 126, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-85

  Dhivert, E ^a   Grosbois, C ^a   Coynel, A ^b   Lefevre I ^c   Desmet, M ^a  

^a Parc de Grandmont   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Age model; Detrital trace elements; Flood event; Loire basin; Sedimentary archive; Villerest Dam reservoir

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CORE ANALYSIS; FLOOD; INFILL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

FRANCE; LOIRE BASIN; VILLEREST DAM;

EID: 84918569479     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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