Talus instability in a recent deglaciation area and its relationship to buried ice and snow cover evolution (Picacho del Veleta, Sierra Nevada, Spain)

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-182

  Gómez, Antonio ^a   Palacios, David ^b   Luengo, Enrique ^b   Tanarro, Luis M ^b   Schulte, Lothar ^b   Ramos, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS MOVEMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ROCK GLACIER; SNOW COVER; TALUS;

ANDALUCIA; PICACHO DEL VELETA; SIERRA NEVADA; SPAIN;

EID: 0042121472     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00196     Document Type: Article

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