Palaeoclimatic reconstruction from Lateglacial (Younger Dryas Chronozone) cirque glaciers in Snowdonia, North Wales

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-145

  Bendle, Jacob M ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirque glaciers; Degree day model; North Wales; Palaeoclimatic reconstructions; Snowdonia; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GLACIER; LATE GLACIAL; MAPPING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WARMING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SNOWDONIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84855956060     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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