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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Subdivisions of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Holocene</strong>On <strong>the</strong> base of most recent studies, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Holocene</strong>history of mounta<strong>in</strong> <strong>glacier</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn hemi-sphere can be broadly subdived <strong>in</strong> three ma<strong>in</strong>periods:- a first period (11.7 to ~ 10.2 kyr BP)correspond<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Preboreal chronozone- a second period ( ~ 10.2 ÷ 5 kyr BP)correspond<strong>in</strong>g ~ to <strong>the</strong> Boreal and Atlanticchronozones (<strong>in</strong>formally<strong>in</strong>dicated as Hypsi<strong>the</strong>rmal)- a third period (<strong>the</strong> last ~ 5 000 years)correspond<strong>in</strong>g to Subboreal-SubatlanticSubatlantic chronoz.often named Neoglaciation or Neoglacial
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