The World of the American West

Holocene and earlier glaciations in the Mediterranean Mountains

“…This, together with its rough orography composed of large peninsulas, islands, intricate coastlines and high mountain ranges near the coast, conditions a wide range of topoclimate regimes across the region. Consequently, the landscape of the Mediterranean mountains shows a great diversity driven by the diversity of hydrological, edaphic, geomorphological and biological processes occurring in the region, along with the intense historical impact of communities that have settled in the area since prehistoric times (Woodward 2009).…”