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Soppensee

Country: Switzerland
Varve Category: endogenic varves
Archive Type: lacustrine sediments
Lake Type: glacial lake
Maximum Depth: 27
Surface Area: 0.023
Elevation: 600
DOI / Reference Link: Access Link
Reference: Lotter, A.F. 2001: The palaeolimnology of Soppensee (Central Switzerland), as evidenced by diatom, pollen, and fossil-pigment analyses. Journal of Paleolimnology 25, 65-79.
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2 cm reference

Description: Holocene calcite varves between 343-333 cm core depth from Soppensee core SO86-14, Switzerland taken at 27 m water depth in 1986
Picture Authors: Andy Lotter
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very close with 2cm

Description: Late-glacial siderite varves between 513-508 cm core depth from Soppensee core SO86-14, Switzerland taken at 27 m water depth in 1986
Picture Type: macroscopic
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varves

Description: Thin cut of PEG-impregnated late-glacial siderite varves from Soppensee core SO86-14. Spring/summer layers with diatoms and amorphous organic autumn/winter layers.
Picture Type: microscopic
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microscopic very close

Description: Thin cut of PEG-impregnated Holocene calcite varves from Soppensee core SO86-14. Autumn/winter layers with organic matter and chrysophyte cysts, spring layer with centric diatoms, and graded calcites during spring (coarse) and summer (fine).
Picture Type: microscopic
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electron microscope

Description: Annual cycle of an organic varve from Soppensee, Switzerland, showing the diatom summer bloom layer and the detritic winter layer. Scanning electron microscope view (secondary electron mode) of a fresh sediment cut (scale bar: 40 µm).
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