Abstract
Many Mediterranean mountains were glaciated during the Pleistocene. The largest glaciers formed during the Middle Pleistocene in Iberia, Italy and the Balkans. In Turkey, the preserved glacial record is dominated by landforms and sediments dating to the Late Pleistocene. The last two decades have seen a large increase in research projects dating moraines in the Mediterranean mountains using cosmogenic isotopes. This has revealed much about the precise timing of glacier advances during the last glacial cycle and the palaeoclimates associated with glacier growth and decay. Fluvial sediments and landforms downstream of glacial limits can provide an important record of Pleistocene mountain glaciation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science |
| Subtitle of host publication | Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-444-52747-9 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 23 Jul 2024 |
Keywords
- Balkans
- Cirque glaciers
- Greece
- Ice caps
- Italy
- Lebanon
- North Africa
- Outwash
- Paleolithic humans
- Refugia
- Turkey
- Valley glaciers