Distribution and effectiveness of nivation in Mediterranean mountains: Peñalara (Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 157-178

  Palacios, David ^a   de Andrés, Nuria ^a   Luengo, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Nival biogeography; Nivation; Pe alara; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIAL EROSION; NIVATION; QUATERNARY; SNOW COVER; WEATHERING PROFILE;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; PENALARA MASSIF; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SPAIN;

EID: 0141737511     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00340-9     Document Type: Article

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