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High-resolution Seismic (high-resolution + seismic)
Selected AbstractsHigh-resolution seismic and ground penetrating radar,geophysical profiling of a thermokarst lake in the western Lena Delta, Northern SiberiaPERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Issue 4 2002G. J. Schwamborn Abstract High-resolution seismic and ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) data have been acquired over Lake Nikolay in the western Lena Delta in order to study the uppermost basin fill and the bordering frozen margins. GPR (100 MHz antenna pair) measurements were completed on the frozen lake and its permafrost margins, while high-resolution seismic data were acquired from the lake during open-water conditions in summer using a 1.5,11.5 kHz Chirp profiler. The combined use of the two profiling systems allows stratigraphic profiling in both frozen and unfrozen parts of the lake. Shallow seismic reflection images of the uppermost 4 to 5 m of sediments are compared to GPR sections, which have approximately the same horizontal and vertical resolution. Short sediment cores aid calibrate the geophysical data. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Late Quaternary depositional history of the Reuss delta, Switzerland: constraints from high-resolution seismic reflection and georadar surveysJOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, Issue 2 2002Frank O. Nitsche Abstract Glacial erosion has caused overdeepening of many alpine valleys. After retreat of the ice, they were filled with heterogeneous deposits of glacial, lacustrine and fluvial sediments. A typical example of such a valley segment and its infill is the Reuss delta on the southern shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. To obtain a detailed three-dimensional image of this valley segment, the ETH Institute of Geophysics has acquired several two-dimensional, high-resolution seismic and georadar profiles, and conducted a three-dimensional georadar survey. Interpretations of these geophysical data were constrained by a geological core extracted from a borehole 300 m deep near the investigation site. The seismic profiles imaged ca. 600 m of sediment infill above bedrock. Based on their reflection characteristics, five different deposition units were distinguished. These units were interpreted as a succession of clay/silt at the base, followed by different sand units with variable but generally increasing amounts of gravel. This succession represented a prograding delta that filled the southern part of Lake Lucerne. The latest fluvial development of the region is best represented by the georadar data. In particular, the three-dimensional georadar data set provides a detailed view of an ancient braided river channel Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Petit-Lac (western Lake Geneva) environment and climate history from deglaciation to the present: a synthesisBOREAS, Issue 4 2005STEPHANIE GIRARDCLOS During the past decade, the presentation of seismic and sedimentological data has allowed reconstruction of the environment and climate history of the Petit-Lac (western Lake Geneva). Methods such as high-resolution seismics, sediment core analysis (macroscopic description, grain-size analysis, mineralogy) and palynology have been used to infer the changes in the lake's environment from deglaciation to the present. However, no final synthesis has been attempted to link this information in the development of a comprehensive evolution model of the Petit-Lac and its surrounding region. The Petit-Lac deglaciation occurred in three phases during the Rhône glacier retreat: the Geneva stage and the Coppet and Nyon re-advances. In the Versoix area, rivers developed just after the retreat of the Rhone glacier from the Nyon stage. The Nyon fan delta started at the end of the Bølling, and its lobe fluctuated in size and orientation in six phases from the Lateglacial to the present. The action of bottom currents (i.e. erosion, non-deposition surfaces) arising at the beginning of the Holocene indicates that the frequency and direction of strong wind regimes varied greatly. Lacustrine mass failures occurred at different time intervals: two between deglaciation and the end of the Oldest Dryas, two between the Bølling and the Younger Dryas, and four during the Holocene. From the Oldest Dryas to the Contemporary Epoch, the vegetation changed from a steppe to a climate-influenced forest, and finally to a mostly human-controlled forest. [source] | ||||||||||