Last glacial geomorphologic records in Mt Chelmos, North Peloponnesus, Greece

Pavlopoulos, Kosmas; Leontaritis, Aris; Athanassas, Constantin; Petrakou, Chara; Vandarakis, Dimitris; Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos G.; Stamatopoulos, Leonidas; Theodorakopoulou, Katerina

doi:10.1007/s11629-017-4563-0

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“…However, the geomorphological context of the boulders sampled by Manz (1998) is unclear and similar ages have been found from moraines on Mount Chelmos where Pope et al (2017) suggested that these deposits identify with a phase of glaciation belonging to MIS 3, within the Tymphian Stage but predating the global LGM. Τhe absence of a reliable and internally consistent chronology for the Mount Olympus glacial record presented in these first studies limited its value as a basis for information retrieval in the palaeoclimatic context and prevented accurate correlations with the other sites (Woodward and Hughes 2011; Hughes and Woodward 2017;Pavlopoulos et al 2018).…”

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“…The highest mountains in the Peloponnese (Fig. 1 However, the geochronology and the palaeoclimatic context of this glacial evidence have been only partly explored so far (Pavlopoulos et al 2018;Pope et al 2017). In particular, Mt Chelmos is the only mountain of the Peloponnese that has to a certain extent been studied to an advanced level.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, even though the Geological Sheets of the Greek Institute for Geological and Mineral Exploration (IGME) often misinterpret glacial deposits, in reality, evidence suggests that some mountains even below 2000 m a.s.l. have been quite extensively glaciated in the past (Pavlopoulos et al 2018).…”

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“…Erymanthos Mistardis (1937a) 16. Chelmos Philipson (1892); Maull (1921) Mistardis (1937aMistardis ( , 1937bMistardis ( , 1937cMistardis ( , 1946; Mastronuzzi et al (1994); Pope et al (2017); Pavlopoulos et al (2018) 17. Ziria (Pope et al 2017) 18.…”

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“…The glacial sequence in northwest Greece (Mount Tymphi) is one of the first mountainous areas in the Mediterranean where the full progression from pioneer to advanced glacial research phases has taken place and is very well dated (Woodward et al 2004;Hughes et al 2006a, b;Woodward and Hughes 2011). In recent years, new dating evidence has been published from southern Greece (Mt Chelmos in the Peloponnese- Pope et al 2017;Pavlopoulos et al 2018) and from Mt Olympus in the northeast (Styllas et al 2018) providing a robust chronostratigraphical framework for the mountains of Greece (Fig. 1).…”

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The glacial history of Greece: a comprehensive review

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This paper reviews the glacial history of the mountains of Greece at the southernmost tip of the Balkans, providing a new synthesis of our current understanding of glaciations. The ice cover during the largest Middle Pleistocene glaciations (MIS 12/MIS 6) was more extensive than previously thought. Latest evidence from Mt Chelmos suggests that valley glaciers radiated from a central plateau ice field, whereas the findings of other glacial studies in western Balkans further indicate that extensive ice field/ice caps formed on mountains throughout this region during the Middle Pleistocene glaciations. Ice extent was considerably smaller during the Tymphian Stage (MIS 5d-MIS 2) and this has been confirmed by cosmogenic exposure ages in recent studies on Mt Olympus and Mt Chelmos. During the Holocene, only very small glaciers formed in some deep cirques where they survived because of strong local topoclimatic controls. A comparative analysis with the findings of other glacial and palaeoclimatic studies in the Balkans is also presented to highlight correlations between them. Moisture supply seems to have been the most critical factor for the formation of glaciers in the mountains of Greece. The comparison of Late Pleistocene Equilibrium Line Altitudes (ELAs) across the Balkans indicates a wetter climate in southern Greece that can be attributed to different palaeoatmospheric circulation mechanisms and precipitation regime in central Mediterranean. Conclusively, whilst important information has been added in the last 2 decades, this paper highlights the need for further research in Greece and the wider Balkans to establish the timing and extent of glaciations.

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Last Glacial Maximum and Younger Dryas piedmont glaciations in Blidinje, the Dinaric Mountains (Bosnia and Herzegovina): insights from 36Cl cosmogenic dating

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The highest parts of the Dinaric Mountains along the eastern Adriatic coast of the southern Europe, known for their typical Mediterranean karst-dominated landscape and very humid climate, were glaciated during the Late Pleistocene. Palaeo-piedmont type glaciers that originated from Čvrsnica Mountain (2226 m a.s.l.; above sea level) in Bosnia and Herzegovina deposited hummocky, lateral and terminal moraines into the Blidinje Polje. We constrained the timing of the largest recognized glacier extent on Svinjača and Glavice piedmont glaciers by applying the cosmogenic 36 Cl surface exposure dating method on twelve boulder samples collected from lateral, terminal and hummocky moraines. Using 40 mm ka-1 bedrock erosion rate due to high precipitation rates, we obtained 36 Cl ages of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 22.7 ± 3.8 ka) from the hummocky moraines, and Younger Dryas (13.2 ± 1.8 ka) from the lateral moraine in Svinjača area. The amphitheater shaped terminal moraine in Glavice area also yielded a Younger Dryas (13.5 ± 1.8 ka) age within the error margins. Our results provide a new dataset, and present a relevant contribution towards a better understanding of the glacial chronologies of the Dinaric Mountains. Because our boulder ages reflect complex exhumation and denudation histories, future work is needed to better understand these processes and their influence on the cosmogenic exposure dating approach in a karstic landscape.

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Last glacial geomorphologic records in Mt Chelmos, North Peloponnesus, Greece

Cited by 14 publications

References 48 publications

The glacial history of Greece: a comprehensive review

The glacial history of Greece: a comprehensive review

Recently lost connectivity in the Western Palaearctic steppes: the case of a scarce specialist butterfly

Last Glacial Maximum and Younger Dryas piedmont glaciations in Blidinje, the Dinaric Mountains (Bosnia and Herzegovina): insights from 36Cl cosmogenic dating

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