Montfleury formation near Geneva: Palynology and sedimentology of a Mid-Pleistocene sequence

Wegmüller, Samuel; Amberger, G; Vernet, JP (1995). Montfleury formation near Geneva: Palynology and sedimentology of a Mid-Pleistocene sequence. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 88(3), pp. 595-614. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-167689

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In the Geneva basin a 127.3 m deep coring was carried out in the plain of Montfleury in order to get information about hydrogeology, lithology and chronology of the quaternary deposits. Palynostratigraphic studies on the so-called `'Marnes a lignite'' underlying the `'Alluvion ancienne'' revealed two interglacial sequences (Montfleury and Confignon). The Montfleury sequence belongs to the penultimate interglacial (Holstein sensu Welten 1988), the Confignon sequence must be assigned to a preceding interglacial. The chronostratigraphic position of the `'Alluvion ancienne'', which until now was believed to correspond to the Early-Wurm, must be revised.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Palaeoecology
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS)

UniBE Contributor:

Wegmüller, Samuel

Subjects:

500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany)

ISSN:

0012-9402

Publisher:

Birkhäuser

Language:

French

Submitter:

Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas

Date Deposited:

13 Aug 2018 15:37

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:17

Publisher DOI:

10.5169/seals-167689

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.119246

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/119246

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