Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 989-992

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a   Carcano, Cipriano ^b   Garzanti, Eduardo ^c   Ghielmi, Manlio ^b   Piccin, Andrea ^d   Pini, Roberta ^e   Rogledi, Sergio ^b   Sciunnach, Dario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Ice ages; Pleistocene; Po Plain; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EXPANSIONS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; ICE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0346216995     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19445.1     Document Type: Article

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