Holocene Climate and Landscape Chronology

Grunewald, Karsten; Scheithauer, Jörg

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“…Annual data from measured glacieret sizes for the periods of our observation (2008-2021 for Snezhnika glacieret and 2009-2021 for Banski suhodol) were introduced and processed in Excel, together with the data of the sizes of Snezhnika from earlier years (1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007), taken from [6,10]. Mean values were calculated and major trends of change were retrieved.…”

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“…As a result of the extensive research which has been undertaken in the last three decades, it has been proved that a number of permanent firn-ice bodies still persist in the highest mountain areas on the Balkan Peninsula, and that at least some of them still have characteristicsof very small glaciers [8]. Examples of this include two glacierets in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, the Debeli namet glacier in the Durmitor massif of Montenegro, and several glacierets in the central parts of Prokletije Mountains of Albania [2,3,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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Response of Very Small Glaciers to Climate Variations and Change: Examples from the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

Gachev

2022

Atmosphere

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Very small glaciers (glacierets) react strongly to climatic variations. This is well expressed in their interannual size changes, which are most evident in autumn, at the end of the glacial mass balance year. This study presents results from the detailed research of two very small glaciers in the highest northern part of the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria: Snezhnika and Banski suhodol. Systematic size measurements of these firn-ice bodies, which started in the 1990s and have been made simultaneously for a period of 13 years, show large inter-annual amplitudes against the background of a decreasing trend in response to climate warming. However, the relations are not straightforward, which is demonstrated when comparing size changes to climate data, including logger data obtained from glacier vicinity. This fact makes predictions for the changes in the local climate of high mountain cirques still relatively uncertain.

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