Morphometry of glacial cirques in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

  1. García-Ruiz, J.M 3
  2. Gómez-Villar, A 2
  3. Ortigosa, L 1
  4. Martí-Bono, C. 3
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02tzt0b78

  3. 3 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
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    Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/039ssy097

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Revista:
Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

ISSN: 0435-3676

Año de publicación: 2000

Volumen: 82A

Número: 4

Páginas: 433-442

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1111/J.0435-3676.2000.00132.X SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-0034466150 WoS: WOS:000166848800001 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

A total of 206 glacial cirques have been identified in the high valleys of the Aragon and Gallego rivers. Central Spanish Pyrenees, in order to study the environmental factors explaining their distribution (altitude, aspect, lithology) and diverse morphometric features (area, width, length, L/W relations, etc,). The use of bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses confirms that a part of the morphometric variability of the glacial cirques is explained by the environmental factors considered here, but their influence is relatively limited. Altitude is identified as the most important factor, affecting both the length and the degree of over-deepening of the cirques. The role of lithology is less obvious because of its interaction with altitude.