Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
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The third period: : <strong>the</strong> last 5000 yearsThis period is often referred to as Neoglaciation(Porter & Denton 1967) s<strong>in</strong>ce it was characterized bya general reactivation/reappearancereappearance of mounta<strong>in</strong><strong>glacier</strong>s.Several phases of advance (and retreat)punctuated this period, culm<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g around 5000,3800, 3100, 2500, 1400, 900, 650, 350 and 150years b2k(Wanneret al. 2008)In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Italian</strong> <strong>Alps</strong> <strong>the</strong>re is evidence of <strong>the</strong> start of<strong>the</strong> Neoglaciation at <strong>the</strong> Miage and Niederjoch<strong>glacier</strong>s at about 5 000 ys BP.
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