The Holocene evolution of a stretch of an Eastern Italian Alpine valley

Auteurs :
FRIZ, C.
VILLI, V.
TURRINI, M.C.

Description :
The morphological evolution of a stretch of an alpine valley located in the Eastern Italian Alps is described. This has been conditioned by a great alluvial fan that was formed as a consequence of interconnected events, deriving from large rockfalls which occured in the late glacial period at the head of the Missiaga-Bordina valley, on the left side of the Agordo basin. The aggradation of the alluvial fan blocked the Cordevole valley south of the Agordo basin and produced a lake that is documented by lacustrine sediments. After, an erosional phase began. A series of illustrations depicts the sequence of the fan's development.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 1995, vol. 20, n°. 8, p. 747-757, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 22 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley