Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain
Abstract Numerous solifluction landforms in two valleys of the western part of the Sierra Nevada range in the southern Iberian Peninsula were classified according to morphology and used to reconstruct solifluction activity for the Late Holocene. Lobes are almost inactive under the current semiarid c...
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crwiley:10.1002/ppp.645 2024-09-15T18:30:16+00:00 Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain Oliva, Marc Schulte, Lothar Ortiz, Antonio Gómez FPU Spanish Ministry of Education and Science 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.645 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.645 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.645 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Permafrost and Periglacial Processes volume 20, issue 4, page 369-382 ISSN 1045-6740 1099-1530 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.645 2024-07-25T04:23:06Z Abstract Numerous solifluction landforms in two valleys of the western part of the Sierra Nevada range in the southern Iberian Peninsula were classified according to morphology and used to reconstruct solifluction activity for the Late Holocene. Lobes are almost inactive under the current semiarid climate and water availability appears to be the crucial control on activity within the high‐elevation study areas. The presence of numerous inactive solifluction lobes suggests that past climate conditions must have been more favourable for lobe development. Chronostratigraphic profiles of several lobes indicate that colder and/or wetter periods (e.g. the Little Ice Age) tend to promote slope movements, with sparser vegetation cover and higher solifluction rates whereas a denser vegetation cover spreads across valley floors and soils develop during warmer periods (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period). Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Permafrost and Periglacial Processes Wiley Online Library Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 20 4 369 382 |
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Abstract Numerous solifluction landforms in two valleys of the western part of the Sierra Nevada range in the southern Iberian Peninsula were classified according to morphology and used to reconstruct solifluction activity for the Late Holocene. Lobes are almost inactive under the current semiarid climate and water availability appears to be the crucial control on activity within the high‐elevation study areas. The presence of numerous inactive solifluction lobes suggests that past climate conditions must have been more favourable for lobe development. Chronostratigraphic profiles of several lobes indicate that colder and/or wetter periods (e.g. the Little Ice Age) tend to promote slope movements, with sparser vegetation cover and higher solifluction rates whereas a denser vegetation cover spreads across valley floors and soils develop during warmer periods (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period). Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Oliva, Marc Schulte, Lothar Ortiz, Antonio Gómez Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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Morphometry and Late Holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain |
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morphometry and late holocene activity of solifluction landforms in the sierra nevada, southern spain |
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