The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka)
Abstract
High Anatolian terrain in the Eastern Mediterranean region hosted glaciated mountains during the Late Pleistocene. Evidence for these glaciations exist in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, Taurus Mountains, Eastern Anatolian Mountains, at Uludağ in the NW peninsula and on isolated extinct volcanic cones in the interior parts such as Mount Erciyes. In many of these mountains, glacial deposits and landforms show a single glacier advance during the deglaciation. The associated ELA depression was less than about 800 m. The palaeoglaciers were a few km long and less extensive than the LGM, that is, up to 70%–80% of that of LGM. Thin cirque glaciers, however, responded more sensitively to the climate evolution during the deglaciation. For example, cirque glaciers in Northwestern Anatolia fluctuated at least four times between 16.2±0.3 and 15.1±0.5 ka. Show more
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European Glacial LandscapesPages / Article No.
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ElsevierSubject
Cosmogenic nuclide; Deglaciation; Glacial deposits; Glacial landforms; Palaeoglaciers; Vegetation patternsOrganisational unit
08619 - Labor für Ionenstrahlphysik (LIP) / Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics (LIP)
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