Present-day environmental dynamics in ice cave a294, central pyrenees, spain

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-140

  Belmonte Ribas, Ánchel ^a,b   Sancho, Carlos ^a   Moreno, Ana ^c   Lopez Martinez, Jerónimo ^d   Bartolome, Miguel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Asociación Científico Espeleológica Cotiella   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central pyrenees; Environmental conditions; Ice cave; Palaeoclimatic potential; Precipitation isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CAVE DEPOSIT; FIRN; ICE COVER; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84929659351     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2014.37.12     Document Type: Article

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