Glaciation in the Rila mountains (Bulgaria) during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary International

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-62

  Kuhlemann, Joachim ^a   Gachev, Emil ^b   Gikov, Alexander ^c   Nedkov, Stoyan ^d   Krumrei, Ingrid ^e   Kubik, Peter ^f  

^a Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTH WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; GLACIER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE;

BALKANS; BULGARIA; RILA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84875628653     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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