Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation of Sierra de Gredos, central Iberian Peninsula

Quaternary International

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-26

  Palacios, David ^a   de Marcos, Javier ^a   Vázquez Selem, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 79851512466     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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