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The mountains of the Mediterranean world are now largely ice free, but many were repeatedly glaciated during the Quaternary ice age. This created spectacular glaciated landscapes with a rich array of glacial deposits and landforms. The glacial and glacio-fluvial records are often very well preserved and our understanding of the timing of Quaternary glaciation has very recently been transformed through the application of dating methods utilizing uranium-series and cosmogenic isotopes. Glacial records from the Mediterranean now boast some of the most robust chronologies for mountain glaciation anywhere in the world - they represent a unique archive of Quaternary environmental change of global significance. The southerly latitude and relatively small size of Mediterranean glaciers rendered them especially sensitive to Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes. This volume brings together the leading researchers and the latest research on Mediterranean glaciation. Several papers also explore glacier behaviour in the Holocene - including those glaciers of southernmost Europe at risk of disappearing this century.

Glacial landforms. --- Glaciology. --- Quaternary Geologic Period. --- Geology, Stratigraphic. --- Glacial landforms --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Glaciology --- From 2 million years ago --- Mediterranean Region.

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The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented in digital, uniformly prepared maps which can be used in a Geographical Information System (GIS) such as ArcView or ArcGIS. The accompanying text supplies the information on how the data were obtained (geomorphology, geological mapping, air photograph evaluation, satellite imagery), how the feat

Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary. --- Glacial landforms. --- Paleoclimatology -- Quaternary. --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Glaciology --- Glacial landforms --- Paleoclimatology --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Stratigraphy --- Stratigraphie --- Glaciologie --- Géomorphologie glaciaire --- Paléoclimatologie --- Monograph --- Glaciated terrain --- Landforms --- Periglacial processes --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period