Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Journal: Swiss Journal of Geosciences

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Swiss J Geosci

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Birkhäuser

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1661-8734
1661-8726

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Neubenennungen lithostratigraphischer Einheiten in der Helvetischen Kreide
Adatte, Thierry; Berger, Jean-Pierre; Bläsi, Hansruedi; et al. (2009)
Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Late Alpine brittle faulting in the Rotondo granite (Switzerland): deformation mechanisms and fault evolution
Lützenkirchen, Volker; Loew, Simon (2011)
Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Talklüfte im Zentralen Aaregranit der Schöllenen-Schlucht (Kanton Uri, Schweiz)
Bucher, Stefan P.; Loew, Simon (2009)
Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Historical intensity VIII earthquakes along the Rhone valley (Valais, Switzerland)
Fritsche, Stefan; Fäh, Donat; Schwarz-Zanetti, Gabriela (2012)
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Correction to: Magmatic and tectonic history of Jurassic ophiolites and associated granitoids from the South Apuseni Mountains (Romania)
Seghedi, Ioan; Gallhofer, Daniela; von Quadt, Albrecht; et al. (2018)
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Tertiary tectono-metamorphic evolution of the European Margin during Alpine collision
Rütti, Roger; Marquer, Didier; Thompson, Alan Bruce (2008)
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Messinian or Pleistocene valley incision within the Southern Alps
Winterberg, Sascha; Picotti, Vincenzo; Willett, Sean D. (2020)
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Many of the valleys on the southern slope of the Alps are over-deepened, having bedrock valley floors well below sea level. This has typically been attributed to incision that occurred during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) when sea level dropped by hundreds of meters, leading to incision of many of the margins of the Mediterranean. We reassess this interpretation by documenting the correct elevation of the valley floor of the Adige river, one of the major valleys draining the Southern Alps, and by estimating the vertical motion of that valley floor since the end of Messinian incision. We re-evaluated the bedrock incision in the Adige valley using existing borehole data and seismic profiles. We estimate the vertical post-Messinian uplift using thermochronometric data that reveal the removed rock mass and then infer the expected isostatic uplift. These data are combined to reconstruct paleo-river gradients and to test viability of incision profiles. We find that the erosive surfaces in the drill holes restore to a paleo-elevation well below estimates of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) sea level. Restored valley gradients are often reversed compared to todays river gradients, as the uplift correction is higher upstream. A Messinian age of the erosional unconformities within the Alps can therefore be excluded based on the current best estimates of Messinian Mediterranean sea level and post-Messinian rock uplift. Pleistocene glacial erosion left a major signature on the geomorphology of the valleys, which is documented by glacially over-deepended valleys in the northern Alps. These valleys are not influenced by the Messinian sea-level drawdown. Therefore, it is suggested that the over-deepened valleys on the southern slope of the Alps are also glacial in origin.
Ammonoids of the middle/late Anisian boundary (Middle Triassic) and the transgression of the Prezzo Limestone in eastern Lombardy-Giudicarie (Italy)
Monnet, Claude; Brack, Peter; Bucher, Hugo; et al. (2008)
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Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2008
Deichmann, Nicolas; Clinton, John Francis; Husen, Stephan; et al. (2009)
Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Maria Schönbächler receives the 2007 Paul Niggli Medal
Heinrich, Christoph A. (2008)
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