Glacial to paraglacial history and forest recovery in the Oglio glacier system (Italian Alps) between 26 and 15 ka cal BP

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-161

  Ravazzi, Cesare ^a   Badino, Federica ^a,b   Marsetti, Diego ^c   Patera, Glauco ^a   Reimer, Paula J ^d  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Ecogeo srl   (Italy)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciated terrain; Glacial history; Last Glacial Maximum; Paraglacial landsystems; Pinus cembra

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATED TERRAIN; GLACIAL HISTORY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PARAGLACIAL LANDSYSTEMS; PINUS CEMBRA;

DEBRIS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MORAINE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROGRADATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

CLIMATES; FIBER DEBRIS; ITALY; LAKES; MOUNTAINS; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ALPS; ITALY; LOMBARDY; OGLIO BASIN;

BETULA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84868684570     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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