Pleistocene Glaciation in Ethiopia: New Evigernce
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- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 17 (75) , 148-150
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143000030823
Abstract
Geomorphological evigernce indicates that Mount Badda, Ethiopia, had a Pleistocene ice cap of at least 140 km2. Altituger of the snow line was probably about 4 000 m, only 350 m below the summit, suggesting that glaciation occurred during the Würm glacial maximum.Keywords
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