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(Image: Pixabay CC0) - A team of researchers of the University of Bern supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation drilled a borehole into the Bernese subsoil. Their discoveries have now been published: a few hundred thousand years ago, fjords shaped the face of the Central Plateau. A few hundred thousand years ago, inhabitants roaming the Swiss Plateau could feast their eyes on a spectacular scene. The Alpine peaks descended steeply into a huge lake - a veritable fjord landscape. A team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) discovered the evidence of this landscape in an underground valley near Bern. More specifically, in the sediments that fill the valley today. The findings are published in the journal Scientific Drilling .
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