Lake Systems from the Ice Age to Industrial Time [Paperback]

During the 20th century, lake research has become an internationally recognised field of scientific activity, improving our understanding on physical, chemical and biological processes, on fresh water ecology, and water resources among others. The interdisciplinary approaches mainly developed in historical research, as performed by archaeologists and earth scientists, to reconstruct the environmental and climate history of the continents, of human settlements and culture, and to evaluate human impact on the local and global environments. The Geological Society of Switzerland publishes in this volume a selected number of contributions presented during a scientific conference on Lake Systems from Ice Age to Industrial Time at Yverdon from 17 to 20 October 2001.

During the 20th century, lake research has become an internationally recognised field of scientific activity, improving our understanding on physical, chemical and biological processes, on fresh water ecology, and water resources among others. The interdisciplinary approaches mainly developed in historical research, as performed by archaeologists and earth scientists, to reconstruct the environmental and climate history of the continents, of human settlements and culture, and to evaluate human impact on the local and global environments. The Geological Society of Switzerland publishes in this volume a selected number of contributions presented during a scientific conference on Lake Systems from Ice Age to Industrial Time at Yverdon from 17 to 20 October 2001.

 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 Neuch?tel, as derived from high-resolution reflection seismics.- High-resolution seismicstratigraphy of an Holocene lacustrine delta in western Lake Gene-va (Switzerland).- S?di-mentation r?cente sur le delta du Rh?ne (Lac L?man) ? partir de profilsl³!