Mountain glaciation and paleoclimate reconstruction in the Picos de Europa (Iberian Peninsula, SW Europe)

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-314

  Serrano, Enrique ^a   González Trueba, Juan José ^b   González García, María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glacial Geomorphology; Glaciation; Iberian Peninsula; Last Glacial Maximum; Paleoclimate; Picos de Europa; Pleistocene; Spain

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATES; PICOS DE EUROPA; PLEISTOCENE; SPAIN;

DEPOSITS; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PICOS DE EUROPA; SPAIN;

EID: 84865353771     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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