Climatic variability in the northwestern Alps, France, as evidenced by 600 years of terrigenous sedimentation in Lake Le Bourget

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Chapron, E., Desmet, M., De Putter, T., Loutre, M.F., Beck, C., Deconinck, J. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Rhone; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=209158

Cores recovered from periglacial Lake Le Bourget deep basin (northwestern Alps) were investigated to examine the influence of the ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) on terrigenous lacustrine sedimentation. Growing glaciers in the regional watershed induced catastrophic Rhone river floods and major underflow dep...