Cryogenic processes and fire activity in a high Atlantic mountain area in NW Iberia (Picos de Europa) during the Mid–Late Holocene

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 1159-1170

  Ruiz Fernández, Jesús ^a   Nieuwendam, Alexandre ^b   Oliva, Marc ^b   Lopes, Vera ^b   Cruces, Anabela ^b   Freitas, Maria Conceição ^b   Janeiro, Ana I ^b   López Sáez, José Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Cryogenic processes; Fire activity; Holocene; Picos de Europa

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYOGENICS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; WEATHERING;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CRYOGENIC PROCESS; FIRE ACTIVITY; HOLOCENES; PICOS DE EUROPA;

FIRES;

CARBON; CHARCOAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRYOGENIC FLUID; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CRYOGENIC PROCESS; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LANDSCAPE; LATE HOLOCENE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN; WEATHERING;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; PICOS DE EUROPA; SPAIN;

EID: 84961219128     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.022     Document Type: Article

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