Glacial History

Hughes, Philip D.

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“…Louis 1926Louis , 1944. Glacial research in the Mediterranean was particularly active in the inter-war period between 1920 and 1940 (see reviews in Messerli 1967;Hughes 2012;Ehlers et al 2016). Glacial geomorphological research in the region once again flourished after the Second World War, especially in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, with notable research in Morocco (e.g.…”

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“…Hempel (1991) recognized deposits in the White Mountains and on Mt Ida that he called 'fluvial-nivale', which he ascribed to the Saalian glaciations on the basis of uranium series dating. Comprehensive field observations from the highest parts of the mountains of Crete are needed to fully test these ideas (Hughes & Woodward 2009;Hughes 2012). Establishing the true nature of the glacial record at this latitude in the eastern Mediterranean is important to better understand the pattern of glaciations across the entire Mediterranean region.…”

Section: Mediterranean Islands: Crete Sicily and Corsicamentioning

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Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

Hughes

Woodward

2016

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The Mediterranean mountains were repeatedly glaciated during the Pleistocene. Glaciers were present in most of the major mountains areas from Morocco in the west to the Black Sea coast of Turkey in the east. Some mountains supported extensive ice caps and ice fields with valley glaciers tens of kilometres long. Other massifs sustained only small-scale ice masses, although this was the exception rather than the norm. Glaciers still exist today and there is evidence that small glaciers were a common sight in many regions during the Little Ice Age. The Mediterranean mountains are important for palaeoclimate research because of their position in the midlatitudes and sensitivity to changes in the climate regimes of adjacent areas including the North Atlantic. These mountains are also important areas of biodiversity and long-term biological change through the Quaternary ice age. All of this provided challenges and opportunities for Palaeolithic societies. This paper reviews the history of the study of glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains from pioneer nineteenth century observations through to the detailed geomorphological mapping and advanced geochronological datasets of recent times. We also review the current state of knowledge to frame the contributions presented in this volume. Lastly, this new synthesis then identifies outstanding research problems and assesses the prospects for new studies of glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains.

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Section: Mediterranean Islands: Crete Sicily and Corsicamentioning

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Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

Hughes

Woodward

2016

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Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria) during the Little Ice Age in the context of past climate changes in the Balkans

Tzvetkov¹

2022

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This study aims to present and analyse several descriptions of snow cover conditions on Vitosha Mountain over the last five centuries. It uses the written historical sources and diachronic method. They are discussed in the context of available climate and environmental data for Bulgaria and the adjacent areas of the Balkans during the Little Ice Age (LIA). It can be concluded from the presented descriptions of Vitosha during the LIA that probably in the 17th and early 18th centuries Vitosha had significantly longer snow retention with the presence of permanent or semi-permanent snow patches, a situation that is significantly different from the present environmental conditions. The analysis of the climatic conditions during the LIA in other regions of Bulgaria, as well as in neighboring countries in the Balkans, shows that during this period, especially in the southern parts of the Balkan Peninsula, there was a significant climate cooling. Future studies of the (high resolution) natural archives in Bulgaria are needed to provide more information about the nature of climatic and environmental changes during the LIA.

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Glacial History

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Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

Vitosha Mountain (SW Bulgaria) during the Little Ice Age in the context of past climate changes in the Balkans

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