Sedimentological and GPR Studies of Subglacial Deposits in the Joux Valley (Vaud, Switzerland): Backset Accretion in an Esker Followed by an Erosive Jökulhlaup

During the Würmian glaciation, the Jura ice sheet covered the Joux Valley (Vaud, Switzerland). A geomorphological study reveals many drumlins in this valley. Some are composed of gravels and sand, others of till. Outcrops show that the surface of the sandy-gravel drumlins is a major and sharp erosio...

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Published in:Géographie physique et Quaternaire
Main Authors: Fiore, Julien, Pugin, André, Beres, Milan
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2002
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Online Access:http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/008602ar
https://doi.org/10.7202/008602ar