Post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: a review
Three Iberian mountain ranges encompassed glaciers during the Little Ice Age (LIA): the Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. The gradual warming trend initiated during the second half of the 19th century promoted the progressive shrinking of these glaciers, which completely melted duri...
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ftunivlisboa:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/39127 2023-05-15T16:37:02+02:00 Post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: a review Serrano, Enrique Oliva, Marc González-García, María López-Moreno, Juan Ignacio González-Trueba, Juan Martín-Moreno, Raúl Gómez-Lende, Manuel Martín-Díaz, Jordi Nofre, Jordi Palma, Pedro 2019-07-16T13:57:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/39127 https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3171 eng eng Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ldr.3171 Serrano, E., Oliva, M., González‐García, M., López‐Moreno, J. I., González‐Trueba, J., Martín‐Moreno, R., . Palma, P. (2018). Post‐little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: A review. Land degradation & development, 29(11), p. 4186-4208. DOI:10.1002/ldr.3171. 1099-145X http://hdl.handle.net/10451/39127 doi:10.1002/ldr.3171 closedAccess Iberian Peninsula Little Ice Age Paraglacial processes Recent warming article 2019 ftunivlisboa https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3171 2022-05-25T18:39:56Z Three Iberian mountain ranges encompassed glaciers during the Little Ice Age (LIA): the Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. The gradual warming trend initiated during the second half of the 19th century promoted the progressive shrinking of these glaciers, which completely melted during the first half of the 20th century in the Cantabrian mountains and Sierra Nevada and reduced by 80% of their LIA extent in the Pyrenees. In these formerly glaciated environments, the transition between glacial and periglacial conditions results in an accelerated paraglacial readjustment, with very active geomorphic processes. Cirque walls generate a large amount of sediments through rock‐falls and slides. LIA moraines, devoid of vegetation and composed of highly unstable sediments, are being intensely mobilized by slope processes. Inside the moraines, the shrinking of LIA glaciers favoured the development of buried ice patches, with permafrost‐related landforms, small periglacial features generated by solifluction, and cryoturbation processes and remarkable hydrological changes. Present‐day morphodynamics is mostly related to seasonal frost, though patches of permafrost have formed in contact with the buried ice, undergoing a process of degradation because it is not balanced with present‐day climate. This is reflected in the occurrence of multiple collapses and subsidence of the debris cover where the frozen bodies sit. Next to the small glaciated environments in the highest Pyrenean massifs, there is a permafrost belt undergoing also rapid geomorphic changes. Based on the observed processes, we discuss spatio‐temporal patterns of paraglacial readjustment in Iberian mountains and compare it with other midlatitude mountain environments. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Universidade de Lisboa: repositório.UL Land Degradation & Development 29 11 4186 4208 |
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Three Iberian mountain ranges encompassed glaciers during the Little Ice Age (LIA): the Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. The gradual warming trend initiated during the second half of the 19th century promoted the progressive shrinking of these glaciers, which completely melted during the first half of the 20th century in the Cantabrian mountains and Sierra Nevada and reduced by 80% of their LIA extent in the Pyrenees. In these formerly glaciated environments, the transition between glacial and periglacial conditions results in an accelerated paraglacial readjustment, with very active geomorphic processes. Cirque walls generate a large amount of sediments through rock‐falls and slides. LIA moraines, devoid of vegetation and composed of highly unstable sediments, are being intensely mobilized by slope processes. Inside the moraines, the shrinking of LIA glaciers favoured the development of buried ice patches, with permafrost‐related landforms, small periglacial features generated by solifluction, and cryoturbation processes and remarkable hydrological changes. Present‐day morphodynamics is mostly related to seasonal frost, though patches of permafrost have formed in contact with the buried ice, undergoing a process of degradation because it is not balanced with present‐day climate. This is reflected in the occurrence of multiple collapses and subsidence of the debris cover where the frozen bodies sit. Next to the small glaciated environments in the highest Pyrenean massifs, there is a permafrost belt undergoing also rapid geomorphic changes. Based on the observed processes, we discuss spatio‐temporal patterns of paraglacial readjustment in Iberian mountains and compare it with other midlatitude mountain environments. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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Serrano, Enrique Oliva, Marc González-García, María López-Moreno, Juan Ignacio González-Trueba, Juan Martín-Moreno, Raúl Gómez-Lende, Manuel Martín-Díaz, Jordi Nofre, Jordi Palma, Pedro |
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Serrano, Enrique Oliva, Marc González-García, María López-Moreno, Juan Ignacio González-Trueba, Juan Martín-Moreno, Raúl Gómez-Lende, Manuel Martín-Díaz, Jordi Nofre, Jordi Palma, Pedro |
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Post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: a review |
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Post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: a review |
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Post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: a review |
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post-little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high iberian mountains: a review |
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