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Proglacial lake sediments – a basis for uninterrupted chronicles of the Holocene glacier variations
https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-1-89-102
Abstract
A state-of-the-art application of sedimentary properties in paleoglaciology yields a reconstruction of a former equilibrium line altitude – ELA. The article focuses on the basis of the ELA reconstruction approach. Successful examples of reconstructions of glacier variations based on the lake sediments can be found throughout the majority of the glaciated regions of the planet. The article states the most prominent of them and gives an update on the current progress in paleolimnological research in the Caucasus Mountains.
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M. Y. AlexandrinRussian Federation
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For citation: Alexandrin M.Y. Proglacial lake sediments – a basis for uninterrupted chronicles of the Holocene glacier variations. Ice and Snow. 2015;55(1):89-102. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-1-89-102
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