Ribolini, Adriano ORCID: 0000-0001-5851-8775, Bini, Monica ORCID: 0000-0003-1482-2630, Isola, Ilaria ORCID: 0000-0002-3911-4676, Spagnolo, Matteo ORCID: 0000-0002-2753-338X, Zanchetta, Giovanni, Pellitero, Ramon ORCID: 0000-0002-0283-379X, Mechernich, Silke ORCID: 0000-0003-3684-040X, Gromig, Raphael, Dunai, Tibor, Wagner, Bernd ORCID: 0000-0002-1369-7893 and Milevski, Ivica (2018). An Oldest Dryas glacier expansion on Mount Pelister (Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) according to Be-10 cosmogenic dating. J. Geol. Soc., 175 (1). S. 100 - 111. BATH: GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE. ISSN 2041-479X

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Abstract

We provide a geomorphological analysis of a glacial valley on Mount Pelister, in Macedonia. Three boulders from a frontal moraine were dated with the cosmogenic nuclide isotope Be-10. The results demonstrate that the boulders have been exposed since 15.24 +/- 0.85 ka. This age constrains the formation of the frontal moraine to the Oldest Dryas cold event. This age fits with that of other glacier deposits dated to the Older Dryas in the Alps, Balkans, Carpathians and Turkish mountains. The Pelister palaeoglacier has been reconstructed and its equilibrium line altitude extracted, returning a value of 2250 m a.s.l. This is in good agreement with the equilibrium line altitudes of most other reconstructed glaciers of the same age in the circum-Mediterranean mountains, demonstrating a comparable response to the Oldest Dryas event. Other palaeoenvironmental records near the Pelister mountain indicate that the Older Dryas was here characterized by a cold and remarkably dry event. The temporal relationship between Older Dryas glacier advances in the Balkan region and recorded changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the Laurentide Ice Sheet massive ice discharge (H1 event) confirms the strong climatic link between the pan-Mediterranean regions and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Ribolini, AdrianoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5851-8775UNSPECIFIED
Bini, MonicaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-1482-2630UNSPECIFIED
Isola, IlariaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-3911-4676UNSPECIFIED
Spagnolo, MatteoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2753-338XUNSPECIFIED
Zanchetta, GiovanniUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pellitero, RamonUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0283-379XUNSPECIFIED
Mechernich, SilkeUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3684-040XUNSPECIFIED
Gromig, RaphaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dunai, TiborUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wagner, BerndUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-1369-7893UNSPECIFIED
Milevski, IvicaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-200699
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2017-038
Journal or Publication Title: J. Geol. Soc.
Volume: 175
Number: 1
Page Range: S. 100 - 111
Date: 2018
Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
Place of Publication: BATH
ISSN: 2041-479X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
LAST DEGLACIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; LAKE PRESPA; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; PRODUCTION-RATES; SCALING FACTORS; MARITIME ALPS; PLEISTOCENE; MAXIMUMMultiple languages
Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20069

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