Post-little ice age patterned ground development on two pyrenean proglacial areas: From deglaciation to periglaciation

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-376

  Feuillet, Thierry ^a   Mercier, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Patterned ground; Periglacial features

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84865360646     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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