The Alps with little ice: Evidence for eight holocene phases of reduced glacier extent in the Central Swiss Alps

Holocene

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-265

  Hormes, Anne ^a,b   Muüller, Benjamin U ^a   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a Geologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

^b ANPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Glacier retreat phases; Glacier variations; Holocene; Minimal glacier extension; Radiocarbon dating; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035047503     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968301675275728     Document Type: Article

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