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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.
European Glacial Landscapes: Maximum Extent of Glaciations brings
together relevant experts on the history of glaciers and their
impact on the landscape of the main regions of Europe. In some
regions the largest recorded glaciations occurred before the Last
Glacial Cycle, in one of the major glacial cycles of the Middle
Pleistocene. However, the best-preserved evidence of glaciation in
the landscape is from the Last Glacial Cycle (Late Pleistocene).
The book also analyses these older glacial landforms that can
sometimes still be seen in the landscape today. This analysis
provides a better understanding of the succession of Pleistocene
glaciations and the intervening interglacial periods, examining
their possible continental synchrony or asynchrony of past glacier
behaviour. The result of this analysis gives important new insights
and information on the origin and effects of climatic and
geomorphological variability across Europe. European Glacial
Landscapes: Maximum Extent of Glaciations examines the landscapes
produced by glaciers throughout Europe, the geomorphological
effects of glaciations, as well as the chronology and evolution of
the past glaciers, with the aim of understanding the
interrelationship between glacial expansion and climate changes on
this continent. This book is a valuable tool for geographers,
geologist, environmental scientists, researchers in physics and
earth sciences.
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