Maximum glacial advance and deglaciation of the Pinar Valley (Sierra de Gredos, Central Spain) and its significance in the Mediterranean context

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-61

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic dating; Deglaciation; Last Glacial Maximum; Late Pleistocene; Sierra de Gredos

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84868207300     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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