La glaciación en la Sierra de Xistral (NW de Iberia)
- Marcos Carmelo Valcárcel Díaz
- A.L. Vázquez Rodríguez
- J.R. Sampedro Guimarey
- J. Hall Riaza
- Francisco Xabier Pontevedra Pombal
- Ana Gomes (ed. lit.)
- Célia Gonçalves (ed. lit.)
- Lino André (ed. lit.)
- Nuno Bicho (ed. lit.)
- Tomasz Boski (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario ; Grupo de Trabalho Português para o Estudo do Quaternário (GTPEQ)
Ano de publicación: 2017
Páxinas: 35-36
Tipo: Capítulo de libro
Resumo
This paper aims to demonstrate the existence of Pleistocene glaciers which developed on the low-altitude mountains of the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and their importance as a differentiated phenomenon. The forms described correspond both to the presence of an ice cap in the higher reaches of the Xistral Mountains and to the presence of small isolated local glaciers. In summary, this site presents the most extensive glaciation at such a low altitude described in the whole continental Atlantic region with a minimum estimated Surface area of 20 km2. When the glaciers reached their maximum extension the local ELA must have been situated close to 850 m.