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Ammann, Brigitta (2010): Lithology of sediment core LEYSIN, Leysin, Les Léchières, Switzerland [dataset]. European Pollen Database (EPD), PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.741479

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Related to:
Welten, Max (1982): Vegetationsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen in den westlichen Schweizer Alpen: Bern - Wallis. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft = Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles; Birkhäuser Verlag (Textheft und Diagrammheft), 95, 104 pp, hdl:10013/epic.38672
Coverage:
Latitude: 46.205000 * Longitude: 7.011667
Date/Time Start: 1941-06-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1941-06-15T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.8700 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 5.5000 m
Event(s):
LEYSIN (Leysin,LesLéchières) * Latitude: 46.205000 * Longitude: 7.011667 * Date/Time: 1941-06-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: 1255.0 m * Location: Leysin, Les Léchières, Switzerland * Method/Device: Hiller corer (HILC) * Comment: No laminations. in E part (reaclaimed). Area: 40 ha. Mire in depression of 100 x 500 m. Physiography: depression between moraines, nappes. Surrounding vegetation: pastures. Vegetation formation: contact Abieti-Fagetum/Piceetum subalpin.
Comment:
This dataset was archived on 2010-05-11 from the EPD database.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
Depth, top/minDepth topmAmmann, Brigittaof the lithological unit
Depth, bottom/maxDepth botmAmmann, Brigittaof the lithological unit
Lithology/composition/faciesLithologyAmmann, Brigitta
Boundary layer, lowerBound lowAmmann, Brigitta
Size:
31 data points

Data

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Depth sed [m]

Depth top [m]

Depth bot [m]

Lithology

Bound low
0.87000.00001.7400minerotrophic peat, locally with wood
1.97001.74002.2000lake marl, top yellowish, bottom reddish
2.42502.20002.6500lake marl, greyish
2.87002.65003.0900lake marl, whitish
3.13753.09003.1850lake marl, mixed light and red colours
3.19503.18503.2050lake marl, transition to clayey gyttja
3.52753.20503.8500clayey gyttja, with lake-marl layersGradual transition
4.57503.85005.3000clayey gyttja, many blue and brown layers
5.40005.30005.5000as above, rich in pebbles
5.50005.50005.5000as above, inpenetrable through pebbles