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.�
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Table of Contents
PART I. Introduction 1. Introduction 2. The Terminations of the Glacial Cycles. 3. Previous synthesis of Last Deglaciation in Europe
PART II. Climate changes during the Last Deglaciation in the Eastern North Atlantic region 4. Introduction 5. The Heinrich-1 Stadial 6. The B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 7. The Younger Dryas Stadial
PART III. The European glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 8. Concept and global context of the glacial landforms from deglaciation SECTION 1. European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC) 9. European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 10. Fennoscandia: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 11. Northern Central Europe: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 12. European Russia: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 13. The Eurasian Arctic: Glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 14. The North Sea and Mid Norwegian Continental Margin: glacial landforms during deglaciation, the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial and the Younger Dryas. 15. Britain and Ireland: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). SECTION 2. European regions that were not covered by the EISC 16. The Polar Ural Mountains: Deglaciation history. 17. Iceland: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka) 18. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). 19. The Romanian Carpathians: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). 20. The Alps: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9 to 14.6 ka). 21. The Pyrenees: environments and landforms in the aftermath of the LGM (18.9-14.6 ka). 22. The evolution of glacial landforms in Iberian Mountains during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). 23. The Italian Mountains: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). 24. The Balkans: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). 25. The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms during deglaciation (18.9-14.6 ka). SECTION 3. Synthesis of Part III 26. The European glacial landscapes from the main deglaciation
PART IV. The European glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka) 27. Concept and global context of the glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial SECTION 1. European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC) 28. European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka) 29. Fennoscandia: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka). 30. Northern Central Europe: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 31. European Russia: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 32. The Eurasian Arctic: Glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial (14.6-12.9 ka BP). 33. Britain and Ireland: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial. SECTION 2: European regions that were not covered by the EISC 34. Iceland: Glacial landforms and raised shorelines from the B�lling-Aller�d interstadial. 35. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial. 36. The Romanian Carpathians: glacial landforms during B�lling -Aller�d Interstadial. 37. The Alps: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 38. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 39. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Iberian Mountains during B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial. 40. The Italian Mountains: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 41. The Balkans: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial 42. The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial SECTION 3. Synthesis of the Part IV 43. European glacial landscapes from the B�lling-Aller�d Interstadial
PART V. The European glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial (12.9-11.7 ka) 44. Concept and global context of the glacial landforms from Younger Dryas SECTION 1. European regions that were covered by the European Ice Sheet Complex (EISC) 45. The EISC evolution during the Younger Dryas Stadial (12.9-11.7 ka). 46. The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet during the Younger Dryas Stadial. 47. Younger Dryas local moraines in western and northern Norway 48. Northern Central Europe: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. 49. European Russia: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. 50. The Eurasian Arctic:?Glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. 51. Britain and Ireland: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial SECTION 2. European regions that not were covered by the EISC 52. Iceland: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial 53. The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during the Younger Dryas Stadial. 54. The Romanian Carpathians: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas 55. The Alps: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial 56. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial 57. The evolution of glacial landforms in Iberian Mountains during the Younger Dryas Stadial. 58. The Italian Mountains: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. 59. The Balkans: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. 60. The Anatolian Mountains: glacial landforms from the Younger Dryas Stadial. SECTION 3. Synthesis of Part V 61. The European glacial landscapes from the Younger Dryas Stadial
PART VI. The Synthesis of the European Landscapes from Last Deglaciation 62. The importance of European glacial landscapes in a context of great climatic variability