Glacial landforms and their paleoclimatic significance in Sierra de Guadarrama, Central Iberian Peninsula

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-78

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic dating; Deglaciation; Glacial landforms; Last Glacial Maximum; Sierra de Guadarrama

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE RETREAT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; SNOW COVER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84856003835     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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