European Glacial Landscapes: Maximum Extent of Glaciations

David Palacios , Philip D. Hughes , Jose M. Garc챠a Ruiz , Nuria de Andr챕s 지음

elsevier 2021년 11월 26일 출간

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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. Provides a synthesis that highlights the main similarities or differences, through both space and time, during the maximum recorded expansions of Pleistocene glaciers in Europe Features research from experts in glacial geomorphology, palaeo-glaciology, palaeo-climatology and palaeo-oceanography on glacial expansion in Europe Includes detailed color figures and maps, providing a comprehensive comparison of the glacial landscapes of European Pleistocene glaciers

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Part I Introduction 1. Introduction 2. The Quaternary ice ages 3. Previous synthesis of European Glacial Landscapes PART II The distribution of glacial landscapes in Europe Section 1 European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC) 4. The European Ice Sheet Complex 5. Glacial landscapes of Fennoscandia 6. Glacial landscapes of Northern Central Europe 7. Glacial landscapes of European Russia 8. The Eurasian Arctic 9. The North Sea and Mid-Norwegian continental margin 10. Glacial landscapes of Britain and Ireland Section 2 European regions that not were covered by the EISC 11. Glacial landscapes of the Ural Mountains 12. Glacial landscapes of Iceland 13. Glacial landscapes of the Tatra Mountains 14. Glacial landscapes of the Romanian Carpathians 15. Glacial landscapes of the Alps 16. Glacial landscape of the Pyrenees 17. The Iberian Peninsula (except for the Pyrenees) 18. The Italian Peninsula 19. Glacial landscapes of the Balkans 20. The Anatolian Peninsula PART III Climate changes during the Last Glacial Cycle in the eastern North Atlantic region SECTION 1 The Last Glacial Cycle 21. An overview of the Last Glacial Cycle 22. Ice volume and sea-level changes during Last Glacial Cycle: evidence from marine records 23. Definition of the Last Glacial Cycle marine stages and chronology 24. Abrupt climatic variability: Dansgaard_Oeschger events 25. Abrupt (or millennial or suborbital) climatic variability: Heinrich events/stadials 26. The Global Last Glacial Maximum: the Eastern North Atlantic (marine sediments) and the Greenland Ice Sheet climatic signal PART IV European glacial landforms prior to the Last Glacial Maximum (Before 29 ka) 27. Concept and global context of the glacial landfo

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저자(글) David Palacios

저자(글) Philip D. Hughes

저자(글) Jose M. Garc챠a Ruiz

저자(글) Nuria de Andr챕s