Climatic implications of correlated Upper Pleistocene glacial and fluvial deposits on the Cinca and Gállego Rivers (NE Spain) based on OSL dating and soil stratigraphy

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 141-152

  Lewis, Claudia J ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^b   Sancho, Carlos ^c   Peña, José Luis ^c   Rhodes, Edward J ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; fluvial terraces; glacial deposits; OSL dating; Pleistocene; Pyrenees Ebro basin; soil stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE;

ARAGON; CINCA RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALLEGO RIVER; HUESCA [ARAGON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349222952     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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