期刊名称：Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica = Geographical Research Letters
印刷版ISSN：0211-6820
电子版ISSN：1697-9540
出版年度：2011
卷号：37
期号：2
页码：119-143
DOI：10.18172/cig.1259
出版社：Universidad de La Rioja
摘要：Rock glaciers are considered reliable indicators of permafrost occurrence, developed in environments with average temperatures below -2ºC. Relict rock glaciers and protalus lobes are well preserved landforms which permit us to deduce the environment in which they were active. This article analyzes the distribution and characteristics of 32 rock glaciers and 9 protalus lobes in the central part of Cordillera Cantábrica. Based on the shape, orientation, altitude and morphostratigraphy of rock glaciers we have established 5 different phases of rock glacier formation. Finally a chronological hypothesis is purposed, and a palaeoclimatic inference is suggested for each phase.
