Cold climate features of the Cordillera Cantabrica, northern Spain
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1981/28/2Keywords:
mountain/upland glaciation, valley glaciation, contemporary periglacial phenomenaAbstract
The evidence for phases of glacial and periglacial activity in the eastern parts of the Cordillera Cantabrica is outlined. It includes till, marginal moraines, cirques, remnant rock glaciers, scree, soliflual terraces and garlands. Phases, thought to represent the late Würm/Vistulian maximum and later episodes, are related to changes in equilibrium snow-Iine altitudes. Possible climatic and oceanie relations are discussed.
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