A 2600-year history of floods in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland: frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing

A 2600-year long composite palaeoflood record is reconstructed from high-resolution delta plain sediments of the Hasli–Aare floodplain on the northern slope of the Swiss Alps. Natural proxies compiled from sedimentary, geochemical and geomorphological data were calibrated by textual and factual sour...

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Main Authors: L. Schulte, J. C. Peña, F. Carvalho, T. Schmidt, R. Julià, J. Llorca, H. Veit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/3047/2015/hess-19-3047-2015.pdf