Glaciations in response to climate variations preconditioned by evolving topography

Vivi Kathrine Pedersen () and David Lundbek Egholm
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Vivi Kathrine Pedersen: University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, 5007 Bergen, Norway
David Lundbek Egholm: Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7431, 206-210

Abstract: Previously glaciated landscapes tend to have large areas concentrated at the same elevation; here it is shown that small climate changes can trigger massive glacial expansions for these landscapes, explaining long-term patterns of erosion in the Quaternary period.

Date: 2013
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