Holocene and ‘Little Ice Age’ glacial activity in the Marboré Cirque, Monte Perdido Massif, Central Spanish Pyrenees

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1439-1452

  García Ruiz, José M ^a   Palacios, David ^b   de Andrés, Nuria ^b   Valero Garcés, Blas L ^a   López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Sanjuán, Yasmina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Pyrenees; cosmogenic exposure ages; Holocene glaciers; Little Ice Age; Marbor Cirque; rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL TRANSPORT; HOLOCENE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84908129131     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614544053     Document Type: Article

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