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...
Published in: | Géographie physique et Quaternaire |
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Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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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 |