Verrecchia Eric

Soils in the "Combe des Amburnex"
Sols dans la Combe des Amburnex

Project Number: CH-4423
Project Type: Research_Project
Project Duration: 06/01/2011 - 04/30/2013 project completed
Funding Source: ETH ,
Project Leader: Prof. Eric Verrecchia
Professor, chair of exogenic geodynamics
Institut des dynamiques de la surface terrestre, IDYST
Université de Lausanne
GĂ©opolis
1015 Lausanne
Phone: +41 (0) 21 692 44 00 ; +41 (0) 21 692 35 30
FAX: +41 (0) 21 692 35 05
e-Mail: eric.verrecchia(at)unil.ch
http://www.unil.ch/idyst

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Research Areas:
Landscape

Disciplines:
environmental sciences
soil sciences

Keywords:
Soil, clay minerals, loess, Jura, sol, argiles

Abstract:
Evolution of Jura Mountain soils : past and present-day processes. This research involves the study of soils and the potential reaction to climatic changes in a mid-altitude (500-1400m) mountain environment. Therefore, it is necessary to properly characterize these soils in their present-day context and to understand the past dynamics. The challenge is based on understanding the types of weathering and formation scenario of Jura soils by concentrating on the fine fraction. By following soils back to their origin, their weathering, the integration and the behaviour of their fine material, it is possible to identify all the input into the system, the output, the different compartments, their transformations, and the flow of materials between each of them. The study sites comprise two catenae in the Vaud Jura Mountains, chosen for their variability of substrates, dynamics, and geological history.

URL: http://www.unil.ch/igp/page76206.html

Publications:
Loraine Martignier, Thierry Adatte, Eric P. Verrecchia, 2013. Bedrock versus superficial deposits in the Swiss Jura Mountains: what is the legitimate soil parent material? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38 (4), 331-345.

Loraine Martignier, Eric P. Verrecchia, 2013. Weathering processes in superficial deposits (regolith) and their influence on pedogenesis: A case study in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Geomorphology, 189, 26-40.

Martignier L., Nussbaumer M., Adatte T., Gobat JM, Verrecchia EP (in prep.) A locally sourced loess system associated to multiple aeolian episodes (Jura Mountains, Switzerland), Aeolian Res.




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