Glacial and Periglacial Landscapes of the Serra da Estrela

• Main Authors: Vieira, Gonçalo, Nieuwendam, Alexandre
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Glaciation; Periglaciation; Moraines; Serra da Estrela; Plateau Mountain; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/46136; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03641-0_15

The Serra da Estrela is a granite-dominated plateau mountain located in Central Portugal, reaching an elevation of 1993 m. Its position in the western part of the Iberian Central System, elongated morphology in an SW–NE direction, generates an important barrier to the moist Atlantic air masses when...