Chronology of the Late Weichselian glaciation in the Bohemian Forest in Central Europe

Geomorphological evidence and 10Be exposure ages for the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation of the Velká and Malá Studená dolina valleys in the High Tatra Mountains, central Europe

“…Finally, the 14 C age of sediments from Zielony Lake in the Sucha Woda Valley indicates that the moraine dam of the lake formed well before 12.6 ± 0.4 ka (Baumgart-Kotarba and Kotarba, 2001), implying its possible origin during a regional re-advance around 15 ka. The exposure age of 15.5 ± 0.3 ka obtained from the moraine relics in the MS trough correlates well with the 10 Be exposure age estimate of 15.7 ± 0.6 ka and 15.3 ± 0.5 ka reported for glacier re-advances in the Bohemian Forest (Mentlík et al, 2013) and the Krkono se Mts. (Engel et al, 2014), respectively.…”

“…The timing of the initial post-LGM glacier re-advance prior to 20.5 ka in the study area is broadly synchronous with the younger LGM glacier expansion in the Alps (~21 ka; e.g. Starnberger et al, 2011;van Husen, 2011) and the Bavarian/Bohemian Forest (~22 ka; Mentlík et al, 2013). It is also consistent with the two-fold glacier advances during the global LGM interval in the Krkono se Mts.…”

“…Digital elevation models (DEMs) of former glaciers were generated following the procedure described by Mentlík et al (2013). The models were used to calculate the glacier area, the volume and the ELA for the glaciation phases identified in the study area.…”

Response of fluvial, aeolian, and lacustrine systems to late Pleistocene to Holocene climate change, Lower Moravian Basin, Czech Republic

“…Using marine isotope stages (MIS) with ages from Lisiecki and Raymo (2005), alternating relatively temperate interstadial and cold stadial periods of MIS 3 (57-29 ka) across much of Europe (Coope, 2002) yielded to glacial MIS 2 (29-14 ka) and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), taken as between 26.5 and 20-19 ka (Clark et al, 2009). The Scandinavian Ice Sheet extended across eastern Germany and into Poland , with an arid periglacial corridor (Tyráček, 1995;Hubberten et al, 2004) between the ice sheet and alpine glaciation in the Eastern Alps (Starnberger et al, 2011), Western Carpathians (Makos et al, 2013), Krkonoše (Engel et al, 2011), and Bohemian Forest mountains (Mentlík et al, 2013). Regional warming began about 15 ka (Walker, 1995;Hubberten et al, 2004), but with a return to glacial conditions during the Younger Dryas between 12.8 and 11.5 ka (Berger, 1990;Alley, 1993Alley, , 2000.…”

The Tatra Mountains during the Last Glacial Maximum

“…The Tatras were occupied by a relatively large number of glaciers. Therefore, glaciological reconstruction of this area is particularly interesting in relation to the glacial atmospheric circulation pattern in Europe (Florineth & Schlüchter, 2000;Makos & Nitychoruk, 2011;Mentlik, Engel, Braucher, Lèanni, & Team, 2013).…”