European Glacial Landscapes

The Last Deglaciation

David Palacios, Philip D. Hughes, Jose M. Garcia-Ruiz, Nuria de Andrés

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780323918992
• eBook ISBN: 9780323985116
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

European Glacial Landscapes: Last Deglaciation brings together relevant experts on the history of glaciers and their impact on the landscape of the main European regions. Soon after the Last Glacial Maximum, a rapid process of the glacial retreat began throughout Europe. This was interrupted several times by abrupt climate cooling, which caused rapid, although moderate, re-advance of the glaciers, until the beginning of the Holocene when the climate became relatively stable and warm. These successive glacial advances and retreats during the Last Deglaciation have shaped much of the European landscape, reflecting abrupt climatic fluctuations. As our knowledge of abrupt climate changes since the Last Glacial Maximum progresses, new uncertainties arise. These are critical for understanding how climate changes disseminate through Europe, such as the lag between climate changes and the expansion or contraction of glaciers as well as the role of the large continental ice sheets on the European climate. All these contributions are included in the book, which is an invaluable resource for geographers, geologists, environmental scientists, paleoclimatologists, as well as researchers in physics and earth sciences. - Provides a synthesis that highlights the main similarities or differences, through both space and time, during the Last Deglaciation of Europe - Features research from experts in quaternary, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeoceanography and palaeoglaciology on the Last Deglaciation in Europe during Termination 1 and the important Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition - Includes detailed colour figures and maps, providing a comprehensive overview of the glacial landscapes of Europe during the last deglaciation

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• About the editors
• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Climate changes during the Last Deglaciation in the Eastern North Atlantic region
• Part III: The European glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka)
• Part IV: The European glacial landforms from the Bølling–Allerød Interstadial (14.6–12.9 ka)
• Part V: The European glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial (12.9–11.7 ka)
• Part VI: The Synthesis of the European Landscapes from Last Deglaciation
• Index