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Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar

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The second period (10.2 ÷ 5 kyr BP)was characterized by a generally reduced<strong>glacier</strong> activity.In many mounta<strong>in</strong> cha<strong>in</strong>s (Nor<strong>the</strong>rnH.)<strong>glacier</strong>s where <strong>in</strong> a prevail<strong>in</strong>g retreatedcondition and locally <strong>the</strong>y entirelydisappeared.In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Italian</strong> <strong>Alps</strong> a representative sectionis present near <strong>the</strong> front of <strong>the</strong> Ruitor Glacier(Western <strong>Alps</strong>),where a peat bog buried byglacigenic sediments has been found at2510 m a.s.l.

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