Late Quaternary glacial phases in the Iberian Peninsula

M Oliva, D Palacios, JM Fernández-Fernández… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The only glaciers existing today in the Iberian Peninsula are small features located in the
Pyrenees, though their number and extension has undergone significant changes over the …

Defining modern day Area-Altitude Balance Ratios (AABRs) and their use in glacier-climate reconstructions

BR Rea - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
With the increasing use of digital elevation models in palaeo-glacier reconstructions and the
availability of freeware spreadsheets the Area-Altitude Balance Ratio (AABR) and Balance …

Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

PD Hughes, JC Woodward - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
The Mediterranean mountains were repeatedly glaciated during the Pleistocene. Glaciers
were present in most of the major mountains areas from Morocco in the west to the Black …

Pleistocene ice caps on the coastal mountains of the Adriatic Sea

PD Hughes, JC Woodward, PC Van Calsteren… - Quaternary science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Ice caps once covered large areas of Mount Orjen (1894 m), on the Adriatic coast of
Montenegro/Bosnia Herzegovina/Croatia. The largest ice cap covered an area of c. 165 km2 …

Early maximum extent of paleoglaciers from Mediterranean mountains during the last glaciation

D Domínguez-Villar, RM Carrasco, J Pedraza… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Mountain glaciers respond directly to changes in precipitation and temperature, thus their
margin extent is a high-sensitivity climate proxy. Here, we present a robust 10Be chronology …

Sequence and chronology of the Cuerpo de Hombre paleoglacier (Iberian Central System) during the last glacial cycle

RM Carrasco, J Pedraza, D Domínguez-Villar… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cuerpo de Hombre paleoglacier occupies the upper sector of the Cuerpo de
Hombre river basin, located on the northwest slope of the Sierra de Béjar Mountains (Iberian …

Chronology of glaciations in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Iberia) during the Last Glacial Cycle based on in situ-produced 10Be

L Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M Jiménez-Sánchez… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The mountain ranges of the Iberian Peninsula preserve a valuable record of past glaciations
that may help reconstruct past atmospheric circulation patterns in response to cooling events …

Maximum glacial advance and deglaciation of the Pinar Valley (Sierra de Gredos, Central Spain) and its significance in the Mediterranean context

D Palacios, N Andrés, J Marcos, L Vázquez-Selem - Geomorphology, 2012 - Elsevier
Pinar Valley is located on the north side of Galana Peak (40° 15′ 21 ″N; 5° 18′ 00 ″W;
2564m asl), Sierra de Gredos, in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. Surface exposure ages …

The plateau glacier in the Sierra de Béjar (Iberian Central System) during its maximum extent. Reconstruction and chronology

RM Carrasco, J Pedraza, D Domínguez-Villar, J Villa… - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
A detailed study of the glacial morphology in the Sierra de Béjar (Iberian Central System)
provided a data set of geomorphic indicators to reconstruct the paleoglaciers developed in …

Reconstructing the interacting effects of base level, climate, and tectonic uplift in the lower Miño River terrace record: a gradient modelling evaluation

W Viveen, JM Schoorl, A Veldkamp, RT Van Balen… - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
The origin of the lower Miño River terraces in the NW Iberian Peninsula has been a topic of
debate since the 1940s. Various hypotheses about their main controlling factors have been …