European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene

ISBN-13: 9780323997126 / Angielski

David Palacios; Philip D. Hughes; Vincent Jomelli

Opis

European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and volcanic activity on Holocene paleoclimates, the existence of asynchronies in the timing of occurrence of glacier expansion and shrinkage during the Holocene, time lags between the identification of oceanic and atmospheric changes and those occurring in glacial extension during the Holocene, the role of Holocene glaciers on the climate of Europe, and on sea level variability, and the delimitation of landscapes that need special protection. Students, academics and researchers in Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Earth Science departments will find this book provides novel findings of all the major European Regions in a single publication, with updated information about Holocene glacial geomorphology and paleo-climatology and clear figures that model the landscapes covered.

Spis treści

PART I Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Standardised Holocene cosmogenic ages 3. Quaternary Interglacials 4. Previous Holocene glacial landscapes - synthesis of Europe

PART II Climate change during the Holocene in the Eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean regions 5. Introduction to Holocene timescales 6. Greenlandian (Early Holocene, 11.7 - 8.2 ka) 7. Northgrippian (Middle Holocene, 8.2 - 4.3 ka) 8. Meghalayan (Late Holocene, 4.3 ka - present) 9. Synthesis and Perspectives

PART III. European glacial landforms during the Holocene 10. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Russian Artic and the Urals 11. Holocene glacial landscapes of Svalbard 12. Holocene glacial landscapes of Iceland 13. The Early Holocene decay of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet and its glacial landscapes 14. Holocene glacial landscapes of the north of the Scandinavian peninsula 15. Holocene glacial landscapes of the south of the Scandinavian peninsula 16. Holocene glacial and periglacial landscapes in the British Isles 17. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in North central Europe 18. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Tatra Mountains 19. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Romanian Carpathians 20. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Caucasus 21. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Continental Alps 22. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Maritime Alps 23. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Pyrenees 24. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Iberian Mountains 25. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Apennines Mountains 26. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Atlas Mountains 27. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Balkans Mountains 28. Holocene glacial landscapes of Anatolia Peninsula