Timing of LGM and deglaciation in the Southern Swiss Alps

Geomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement

Volumn , Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-322

  Scapozza, Cristian ^a   Castelletti, Claudio ^a   Soma, Linda ^a   Dall'Agnolo, Stephan ^b   Ambrosi, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Geological Survey   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lateglacial; LGM; Radiocarbon dating; Swiss Alps; Ticino glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923673713     PISSN: 12665304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/geomorphologie.10753     Document Type: Article

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