Timing of the last deglaciation revealed by receding glaciers at the Alpine-scale: Impact on mountain geomorphology

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-142

  Darnault, Romain ^a   Rolland, Yann ^a   Braucher, Régis ^b   Bourlès, Didier ^b   Revel, Marie ^a   Sanchez, Guillaume ^a   Bouissou, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic 10Be dating; Deglaciation; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); Oldest Dryas; Post glacial hillslope evolution; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC 10BE DATING; DEGLACIATIONS; HILLSLOPE EVOLUTION; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OLDEST DRYAS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; UNLOADING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS;

EID: 84655163330     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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