Glacier and lake-level variations in west-central Europe over the last 3500 years
University of Zurich · Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement · +1 more institution
Abstract
On the basis of glacier and lake-level records, this paper attempts, for the first time, a comparison between high-resolution palaeohydrological and palaeoglaciological data in west-central Europe over the past 3500 years. A data set of tree-ring width, radiocarbon and archaeological data, in addition to historical sources, were used to reconstruct fluctuations of the Great Aletsch, the Gorner and the Lower Grindelwald glaciers in the Swiss Alps. The three ice-streams experienced nearly synchronous advances at c. 1000-600 BC and AD 500-600, 800-900, 1100-1200 and 1300-1860. These glacier fluctuations show strong correspondence with lake-level variations reconstructed in eastern France (Jura mountains and…
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3Topics & keywords
- Glacier
- Geology
- Physical geography
- Radiocarbon dating
- Climatology
- Plateau (mathematics)
- Little ice age
- Holocene
- Climate action