Are talus flatiron sequences in Spain climate-controlled landforms?

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-252

  Gutiérrez, Mateo ^a   Lucha, Pedro ^b   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^b   Moreno, Ana ^b   Guerrero, Jesús ^b   Martín Serrano, Angel ^b   Nozal, Francisco ^b   Desir, Gloria ^b   Marín, Cinta ^b   Bonachea, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TALUS;

SPAIN;

EID: 78549273696     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0013     Document Type: Article

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