Linking morphology across the glaciofluvial interface: A 10Be supported chronology of glacier advances and terrace formation in the Garonne River, northern Pyrenees, France

Geomorphology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-95

  Stange, K M ^a   van Balen, R T ^a   Kasse, C ^a   Vandenberghe, J ^a   Carcaillet, J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Aquitaine basin; Exposure dating; Garonne terraces; Glacier extents; Pyrenees; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORPHOGENESIS; OUTWASH; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING;

GARONNE RIVER;

EID: 84893753912     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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