Moraines in the Austrian Alps record repeated phases of glacier stabilization through the Late Glacial and the Early Holocene.

ABSTRACT: Climate is currently warming due to anthropogenic impact on the Earth's atmosphere. To better understand the processes and feedbacks within the climate system that underlie this accelerating warming trend, it is useful to examine past periods of abrupt climate change that were driven by natural forcings. Glaciers provide an excellent natural laboratory for reconstructing the climate of the past as they respond sensitively to climate oscillations. Therefore, we study glacier systems and their behavior during the transition from colder to warmer climate phases, focusing on the period between 15 and 10 ka. Using a combination of geomorphological mapping and beryllium-10 surface exposure dating, we reconstruct ice extents in two glaciated valleys of the Silvretta Massif in the Austrian Alps. T

SUBMITTER: Braumann SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature