Exposure age dating and Equilibrium Line Altitude reconstruction of an Egesen moraine in the Maritime Alps, Italy

Boreas

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Federici, Paolo Roberto ^a   Granger, Darryl E ^b   Pappalardo, Marta ^a   Ribolino, Adriano ^a   Spagnolo, Matteo ^a   Cyr, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BOULDER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARITIME ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

DELLA;

EID: 53949114594     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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