The spatial distribution of middle and late pleistocene cirques in Greece

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-338

  Bathrellos, George D ^a   Skilodimou, Hariklia D ^a   Maroukian, Hampik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirque morphometry; Limestones; Mountain glaciers; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MORPHOMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84906769758     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12044     Document Type: Article

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