Description
European Glacial Landscapes: Last Deglaciation brings together relevant experts on the history of glaciers and their impact on the landscape of the main European regions. Soon after the Last Glacial Maximum, a rapid process of the glacial retreat began throughout Europe. This was interrupted several times by abrupt climate cooling, which caused rapid, although moderate, re-advance of the glaciers, until the beginning of the Holocene when the climate became relatively stable and warm. These successive glacial advances and retreats during the Last Deglaciation have shaped much of the European landscape, reflecting abrupt climatic fluctuations.As our knowledge of abrupt climate changes since the Last Glacial Maximum progresses, new uncertainties arise. These are critical for understanding how climate changes disseminate through Europe, such as the lag between climate changes and the expansion or contraction of glaciers as well as the role of the large continental ice sheets on the European climate. All these contributions are included in the book, which is an invaluable resource for geographers, geologists, environmental scientists, paleoclimatologists, as well as researchers in physics and earth sciences.- Provides a synthesis that highlights the main similarities or differences, through both space and time, during the Last Deglaciation of Europe- Features research from experts in quaternary, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeoceanography and palaeoglaciology on the Last Deglaciation in Europe during Termination 1 and the important Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition- Includes detailed colour figures and maps, providing a comprehensive overview of the glacial landscapes of Europe during the last deglaciation
Table of Contents
PART I. Introduction1. Introduction2. The Terminations of the Glacial Cycles.3. Previous synthesis of Last Deglaciation in EuropePART II. Climate changes during the Last Deglaciation in the Eastern North Atlantic region4. Introduction 5. The Heinrich-1 Stadial6. The Bølling-Allerød Interstadial7. The Younger Dryas StadialPART III. The European glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)8. Concept and global context of the glacial landforms from deglaciationSECTION 1. European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC)9. European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)10. Fennoscandia: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 11. Northern Central Europe: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)12. European Russia: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)13. The Eurasian Arctic: Glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)14. The North Sea and Mid Norwegian Continental Margin: glacial landforms during deglaciation, the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial and the Younger Dryas. 15. Britain and Ireland: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka).SECTION 2. European regions that were not covered by the EISC16. The Polar Ural Mountains: Deglaciation history.17. Iceland: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)18. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka).19. The Romanian Carpathians: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka).20. The Alps: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9 to 14.6 ka). 21. The Pyrenees: environments and landforms in the aftermath of the LGM (18.9–14.6 ka).22. The evolution of glacial landforms in Iberian Mountains during deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka).23. The Italian Mountains: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka).24. The Balkans: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka).25. The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka). SECTION 3. Synthesis of Part III26. The European glacial landscapes from the main deglaciationPART IV. The European glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka)27. Concept and global context of the glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød InterstadialSECTION 1. European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC)28. European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka)29. Fennoscandia: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka). 30. Northern Central Europe: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial31. European Russia: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial32. The Eurasian Arctic: Glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka BP). 33. Britain and Ireland: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial.SECTION 2: European regions that were not covered by the EISC34. Iceland: Glacial landforms and raised shorelines from the Bølling-Allerød interstadial.35. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial.36. The Romanian Carpathians: glacial landforms during Bølling –Allerød Interstadial.37. The Alps: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial38. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial39. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Iberian Mountains during Bølling-Allerød Interstadial. 40. The Italian Mountains: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial41. The Balkans: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial42. The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms from the Bølling-Allerød InterstadialSECTION 3. Synthesis of the Part IV43. European glacial landscapes from the Bølling-Allerød InterstadialPART V. The European glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial (12.9-11.7 ka)44.
