Palaeoglaciation of Parque Natural Lago de Sanabria, northwest Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 282-291

  Cowton, T ^a   Hughes, P D ^b   Gibbard, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Iberia; Ice cap; Mediterranean; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; VALLEY GLACIER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349139186     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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