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  • 1
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    Basel :Springer Basel AG,
    Keywords: Lake sediments--Congresses. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (138 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783034879927
    Series Statement: Swiss Journal of Geosciences Supplement Series ; v.1
    Language: English
    Note: Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae Swiss Journal of Geosciences Vol. 96 Special Issue 2003 pages S31-S38 -- Contents - Inhalt - Sommaire -- Lake Systems from Ice Age to Industrial Time Preface of the guest-editors -- Bedrock, Quaternary sediments and recent fault activity in central Lake Neuchâtel, as derived from high-resolution reflection seismics -- High-resolution seismic stratigraphy of an Holocene lacustrine delta in western Lake Geneva (Switzerland) -- Sédimentation récente sur le delta du Rhône (Lac Léman) à partir de profils de sismique réflexion à haute résolution -- Imaging Molasse and Quaternary Sediments in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, with 3-D High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Methods: A Case Study -- Bottom-current and wind-pattern changes as indicated by Late Glacial and Holocene sediments from western Lake Geneva (Switzerland) -- A 600-year sedimentary record of flood events from two sub-alpine lakes (Schwendiseen, Northeastem Switzerland) -- 60 years of glaciolacustrine sedimentation in Steinsee (Sustenpass, Switzerland) compared with historic events and instrumental meteorological data -- Mapping Sediment Accumulation Rate by using Volume magnetic Susceptibility Core Correlation in a contaminated Bay (Lake Geneva, Switzerland) -- Ecoulement de l'eau dans le fond du Léman aprés circulation dans le cône sédimentaire profond de la Dranse -- Sediment distribution on a current-dominated lake delta (Versoix delta, Lake Geneva, Switzerland) -- Evolution des assemblages de Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) pendant le Tardiglaciaire dans le Lac du Lautrey (Jura, France): essai de reconstruction paléoenvironnementale -- Recent changes in sedimentary organic matter from Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland) as traced by Rock-Eval pyrolysis. , Les conditions d'établissement et de conservation des sites préhistoriques littoraux de la rive sud du lac de Neuchâtel et du lac de Morat: prospection systématique et reconstitution des rives anciennes -- Sediment contamination in a river reservoir (Wettingen Reservoir, Switzerland): Present situation and history -- Imaging Molasse and Quaternary Sediments in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, with 3-D High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Methods: A Case Study.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1440-1770
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Geography
    Notes: The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of bottom sediment collected in the Bay of Vidy (Lake Geneva, Switzerland) which receives sewage treatment plant discharges from the city of Lausanne and its surroundings. Thirty-eight sediment samples were taken, forming a dense network. Samples of that portion of the sediment that has accumulated since phosphorus removal (via iron precipitation) was instituted at the plant in 1971 were analysed for heavy metals, nutrients and organic micropollutants and subjected to Microtox toxicity evaluation (organic extract). The distribution patterns of contaminants, as well as principal components analysis, demonstrated that the sewage treatment plant's effluent is the main source of local sediment contamination. This was not supported by the Microtox results. In close proximity to the outlet pipe of the sewage treatment plant, contaminants showed very high median concentrations for virtually all the parameters measured, at levels above those believed to elicit biological responses. A major environmental impact is clearly occurring in this coastal region of the lake and remediation of this situation is believed to be important in order to protect the Lake Geneva ecosystem.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1440-1770
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Geography
    Notes: This paper quantifies sediment contamination by heavy metals in four reservoirs and one lake located downstream from major urban areas in Switzerland. The waterbodies include the Wettingen Reservoir (located on the Limmat River downstream from Zürich), the Klingnau Reservoir (on the lower Aare River), the Wohlen Reservoir (downstream from Berne), the Verbois Reservoir (downstream from Geneva) and Vidy Bay (Lake Geneva, city of Lausanne). For all sediment cores and contaminants, a trend is observed from high contaminant values in the lower part of the cores, decreasing to lower concentrations in the upper part of the cores. However, for each site and each element, specific features are recognized. Applying the criteria of the Swiss ordinance on soil protection, all sediment cores must be classified as contaminated by one or more contaminants and at variable levels. From these data, it is concluded that: reservoirs and lakes located downstream from major urban centres in Switzerland have accumulated significant volumes of contaminated sediments in the past, representing the largest, but not the most intensely, contaminated sites on a national scale; the main environmental risk is remobilization of the contaminants and their return to the food chain, particularly by infiltration into the groundwater; and although the processes of remobilization are identified, the conditions of occurrence and the amplitude of the processes are still poorly known. Different options of reservoir and lake sediment management also are discussed and further research topics defined.
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    ISSN: 1437-3262
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The paper describes the palynology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeogeographic setting of Lower Cretaceous turbiditic and terrigenous deep-sea sediments at the Tethyan margins of Africa and Alboran (External Domain of the Rif, and Flysch Nappes). During the Early Cretaceous terrigenous turbiditic deep-water sedimentation characterizes two different palaeogeographic domains in the southern part of the western Tethys: In the northern area of the External Domain (Ketama Unit of the Rif) alternating turbiditic arenites and pelites are interpreted as sediments of a distal part of a fan system on the Tethyan margin of Africa. The main sources for the terrigenous material were situated in Central and Western Algeria; only little sand transited through the Prerif and the Mesorif zones of Morocco. The terrigenous sedimentation began in the Hauterivian, but the main turbiditic cycles are of Aptian to Lower and Middle Albian age. The Flysch Domain probably was situated far to the Northeast with respect to the Rif basin, at the western and southern margins of the Alboran microplate. Relatively proximal turbidites form most of the Tisirène Nappe, whereas more distal turbidites constitute the series of the Melloussa and the Chouamat Nappes. The existence of two different source areas is demonstrated, one to the NE and the other to the NW of the depositional area. The turbidites probably were deposited on a E-W oriented fan system which progradated into a longitudinal trench-like trough. In the Central Rif area, the Tisirène Flysch is of Valanginian to Albian (pre-Vraconian) age. In the Western Rif and in the Melloussa and Chouamat Nappes of the whole area no sediments older than Aptian have been found. The stratigraphy of the investigated series is based on a new tentative palynostratigraphic zonation, using pollen, spores and dinoflagellate cysts. Rich and well preserved assemblages have been found in the Western Rif only, whereas the samples of the Tisirène Nappe and the Chouamat Nappe in the Central and Eastern Rif have been affected by some thermal alteration. Black and mostly opaque palynomorphs from the Ketama Unit reflect the strong thermal influence in the External Domain of the Central and Eastern Rif.
    Abstract: Résumé On présente la palynologie, la stratigraphie, la sédimentologie et le cadre paléogéographique des sédiments turbiditiques et terrigènes en milieu marin profond sur les marges téthysiennes de l'Afrique et d'Alboran au Crétacé inférieur (Rif externe et Nappes des Flyschs, Maroc). Au cours du Crétacé inférieur, des sédiments terrigènes turbiditiques se trouvent dans deux domaines paléogéographiques du secteur sud de la terminaison occidentale de la Téthys: Dans le secteur septentrional du domaine externe rifain (unité de Ketama) des alternances de pétites et d'arénites sont interprétées en tant que dépôts distaux d'un cône sousmarin sur la marge téthysienne de l'Afrique. Les sources principales pour le matériel terrigène se trouvent en Algérie centrale et occidentale. Peu de matériel seulement a pu traverser la marge marocaine à travers le Mésorif et le Prérif. Dans le Domaine externe rifain, le début de la sédimentation terrigène se fait au cours de l'Hauterivien; les turbidites arénitiques sont essentiellement de l'Aptien et de l'Albien anté-Vraconien. Le Domaine des Flyschs était probablement situé largement au Nordest du bassin rifain, sur les marges sud et ouest de la plaque d'Alboran. Les faciès turbiditiques relativement proximaux sont associés à la nappe du J. Tisirène, alors que les faciès plus distaux dominent dans les nappes de Melloussa et de Chouamat. Deux sources sont responsables de la construction des corps sédimentaires des Flyschs: une première source était située au Nordouest et une autre au Nordest du domaine sédimentaire. Les cônes sous-marins profonds des Flyschs étaient orientés Est-Ouest; par progradation ils avancaient dans un bassin sédimentaire longitudinal de même orientation. Les turbidites débutent au Valanginien dans la série de Tisirène du Rif central; la sédimentation turbiditique se termine avant le Vraconien, au cours de l'Albien. Dans le Rif occidental et dans les nappes de Melloussa et de Chouamat du domaine entier aucun sédiment ne date d'avant l'Aptien. La stratigraphie des séries analysées est basée sur une nouvelle zonation provisoire par des pollen, des spores et des dinoflagellés. Des flores très riches et bien conservées ont été trouvées dans les Flyschs du Rif occidental. Les palynomorphes des Flyschs du Rif central et oriental en revanche ont été affectés par un léger métamorphisme. Un métamorphisme plus intense se manifeste par des palynomorphes noirs et souvent opaques dans l'unité de Ketama du Rif externe central et oriental.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Von den afrikanischen und Alboran-Kontinentalrändern der westlichen Tethys (Externe Domäne und Flyschdecken im Rif, Nordmarokko) werden terrigene turbiditische Tiefseesedimente von Unterkreidealter beschrieben (Palynologie, Stratigraphie, Sedimentologie und paläogeographischer Rahmen). Während der Unterkreide finden sich terrigene turbiditische Tiefseeablagerungen in zwei verschiedenen paläogeographischen Räumen des Südteils der westlichen Tethys: Im Nordteil der Externen Domäne (Ketama-Einheit des Rif) werden Wechsellagerungen von Areniten und Peliten als distale Fan-Ablagerungen am tethydischen Kontinentalrand von Afrika gedeutet. Die wichtigsten Quellen für das detritische Material lagen in Zentral- und Westalgerien, am Südrand des Tell. Nur wenig Sand- und Tonmaterial stammt aus dem marokkanischen Vorland selbst, denn im südlich an die Ketama-Einheit anschließenden Mesorif und im Prärif fehlen proximale detritische Ablagerungen weitgehend. Im Rifbecken begann die detritische Sedimentation im Hauteriv; das Alter der wichtigsten sandigen Turbidite ist Apt bis Alb (prä-Vracon). Die Flyschdomäne lag in der Unterkreide vermutlich weit im Nordosten des Rifbekkens, am Süd- und Westrand der Alboran-Mikroplatte. Relativ proximale Turbidite finden sich in der Tisirène-Decke, etwas distalere Bildungen charakterisieren die Melloussa- und die Chouamat-Decke. Der Detritus der Tisirène-Decke wurde von zwei Quellen ins Flyschbecken geschüttet, wobei eine Quelle im Nordosten, die andere im Nordwesten des Ablagerungsraumes lag. Die turbiditischen Sedimente wurden vermutlich auf einem Ost-West orientierten Fan-System, das in einen longitudinalen Trog vorstieß, abgelagert. Im zentralen Rifgebirge ist das Alter des Tisirène-Flyschs Valang bis Oberes Alb (prä-Vracon). In den westlichen Aufschlüssen der Tisirène-Decke und in der Melloussa- und der Chouamat-Decke des ganzen Untersuchungsgebietes wurden keine Sedimente aus der Zeit vor dem Apt nachgewiesen. Die Stratigraphie der untersuchten Serien beruht auf einer provisorischen neuen Zonierung durch Pollen, Sporen und Dinoflagellaten. Formenreiche und gut erhaltene Florengemeinschaften wurden in allen Einheiten des westlichen Rifgebirges gefunden. Die Floren aus der Tisirène-Decke und der Chouamat-Decke des zentralen und östlichen Rif sind thermal etwas verändert. Schwarze, meist opake Palynomorphen in der Ketama-Einheit weisen auf die Wirkung der Metamorphose im zentralen und östlichen Rif hin.
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Description: The current topographic maps of the Rhone Delta—and of Lake Geneva in general—are mainly based on hydrographic data that were acquired during the time of F.-A. Forel at the end of the nineteenth century. In this paper we present results of a new bathymetric survey, based on single- and multi-beam echosounder data. The new data, presented as a digital terrain model, show a well-structured lake bottom morphology, reflecting depositional and erosional processes that shape the lake floor. As a major geomorphologic element, the sub-aquatic Rhone Delta extends from the coastal platform to the depositional fans of the central plain of the lake at 310 m depth. 9 canyons cut the platform edge of the delta. These are sinuous (“meandering”) channels formed by erosional and depositional processes, as indicated by the steep erosional canyon walls and the depositional levees on the canyon shoulders. Ripples or dune-like morphologies wrinkle the canyon bottoms and some slope areas. Subaquatic mass movements are apparently missing on the delta and are of minor importance on the lateral lake slopes. Morphologies of the underlying bedrock and small local river deltas are located along the lateral slopes of Lake Geneva. Based on historical maps, the recent history of the Rhone River connection to the sub-aquatic delta and the canyons is reconstructed. The transition from three to two river branches dates to 1830–1840, when the river branch to the Le Bouveret lake bay was cut. The transition from two to one river branch corresponds to the achievement of the correction and dam construction work on the modern Rhone River channel between 1870 and 1880.
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    Format: text
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