Pleistocene glacial morphology and timing of last glacial cycle in cantabrian mountains (Northern Spain): New chronological data from the Asón area

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-27

  Frochoso, Manuel ^a   González Pellejero, Raquel ^a   Allende, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Mountains; dating; geochronology; glacial landforms; Iberian Peninsula; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); Late Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; DATING; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE PLEISTOCENE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; TILL;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84875184587     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-012-0117-8     Document Type: Article

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