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European Glacial Landscapes

The Holocene

  • 1st Edition - October 21, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: David Palacios, Philip D. Hughes, Vincent Jomelli, Luis M. Tanarro
  • Language: English

European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence… Read more

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Description

European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and volcanic activity on Holocene paleoclimates, the existence of asynchronies in the timing of occurrence of glacier expansion and shrinkage during the Holocene, time lags between the identification of oceanic and atmospheric changes and those occurring in glacial extension during the Holocene, the role of Holocene glaciers on the climate of Europe, and on sea level variability, and the delimitation of landscapes that need special protection.

Students, academics and researchers in Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Earth Science departments will find this book provides novel findings of all the major European Regions in a single publication, with updated information about Holocene glacial geomorphology and paleo-climatology and clear figures that model the landscapes covered.

Key features

  • Provides a synthesis and summary of glacial processes in Europe over the Holocene period
  • Features research from experts in palaeo-climatology, palaeo-oceanography and palaeo-glaciology
  • Includes access to a companion website with an interactive map, photos of glacial features, and geospatial data related to European Glacial Landscapes

Readership

Undergraduate and post-graduate students, research students, academics and researchers in Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Earth Science departments National Parks, Natural Museums, Landscape agencies, environmental agencies, as well as mountain associations, guides, etc.

Table of contents

Part I
Introduction

1. Introduction to the Holocene glacial landscapes

2. Homogenisation of cosmic-ray exposure ages

3. Quaternary interglacials

4. Synthesis of Holocene glacial landscapes in Europe
Part II
Climate changes during the Holocene in eastern North Atlantic and Europe

5. Introduction to the Holocene climate

6. Greenlandian Stage (Early Holocene, 11.7_8.2 ka)

7. Northgrippian Stage (Middle Holocene, 8.2_4.2 ka)

8. Meghalayan Stage (Late Holocene, 4.2 ka_present)

9. Synthesis and perspectives: drivers, rhythms, and spatial patterns of Holocene climate change
Part III
The European glacial landforms during Holocene

10. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Russian Arctic and the Urals

11. Holocene glacial landscapes of Svalbard

12. Holocene glacial history and landforms of Iceland

13. Early Holocene glacial landscapes and final-stage deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet

14. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Scandinavian Peninsula

15. Holocene glacial and periglacial landscapes of Britain and Ireland

16. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in Northern Central Europe

17. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Tatra Mountains

18. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Romanian Carpathians

19. Holocene glacier variations in the Northern Caucasus, Russia

20. Holocene glacier variations in the Alps

21. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the Holocene

22. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Iberian Mountains

23. Holocene glacial landscape of the Apennine Mountains

24. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco

25. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Balkans

26. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Anatolian Peninsula
Part IV
Synthesis of the European Landscapes during the Holocene

27. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Early Holocene

28. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Middle Holocene

29. The European glacial landscapes from the Late Holocene

30. Recent evolution and perspectives of European glacial landscapes

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 21, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

DP

David Palacios

David Palacios is Full Professor of Physical Geography at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He has been the coordinator for Spanish National Projects since 1998 to the present, and Spanish coordinator of two European Projects. He has served as founder and director of the High Mountain Physical Geography excellence research group for 12 years, and has authored over 200 international research papers, 100 chapters, and has edited five books.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

PH

Philip D. Hughes

Philip Hughes is Professor of Physical Geography and Head of Department at the University of Manchester. His first degree is in Geography from the University of Exeter followed by a Masters in Quaternary Science, then a PhD in Geography, both at the University of Cambridge (Darwin College). His PhD was on the glacial history of the Pindus Mountains, Greece. This was ollowed by an independent postdoctoral fellowship at Manchester examining the glaciation of Montenegro. He has since worked on glaciation across the Mediterranean mountains and elsewhere. He has utilised U-series dating and cosmogenic nuclides to date glacial landforms. He has also published on global glaciations and stratigraphy in Quaternary science. In 2011 Philip co-edited, with Jürgen Ehlers and Philip Gibbard, the successful Elsevier volume Quaternary Glaciation: Extent and Chronology – A Closer Look, and in 2023 three new Elsevier volumes on European Glacial Landscapes with David Palacios and co-authors.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester, UK

VJ

Vincent Jomelli

Dr. Vincent Jomelli is a director of research at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and a geomorphologist who works at CEREGE at the University of Aix-Marseille France. He has worked on natural hazards and palaeoglacial studies conducted in different alpine regions in Europe, Asia and in the southern hemisphere. In this research he has utilised cosmogenic nuclides to date glacial landforms and he has published on global glacier variations during the Holocene published in Quaternary science reviews. He has written several papers on Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Pyrenees, the French Alps, the tropical Andes, Greenland, Caucasus, and Kerguelen. He has also been involved in scientific papers on contemporary glaciology and mass balance of glaciers in Nepal, tropical Andes, Kerguelen and Antarctica.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France

LT

Luis M. Tanarro

Dr. Luis M. Tanarro is Professor of Physical Geography at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). His PhD was on the application of computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information system (GIS) to high detailed geomorphological mapping. His main research is focused on the monitoring geomorphological processes in mountains and on the development and design of geomorphological cartography with CAD and SIG techniques. He is Principal investigator of over 16 research projects, in which he has responsibility for the geo-visualisation of the cartography in accordance with the application of the latest methodologies and technologies. He has published nearly 100 research papers on the dynamics of deglaciation in mountains, on monitoring of geomorphological processes and its impact on geodiversity. In addition to the Iberian mountains, he has conducted research in Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and Iceland, which has given her a broad understanding of land surface processes in cold climate environments.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physical Geography, University of Madrid, Spain

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