The evolution of glacial landforms in the Tatra Mountains during the Bølling–Allerød Interstadial

Past glaciation of temperate‐continental mountains: A model for a debris‐charged plateau icefield/cirque glacier landsystem in the Southern Carpathians, Romania

“…However, the extent and timing of operation of these plateau icefields may differ from that of the Godeanu Mountains, and therefore, a careful assessment of topographic, lithological and climatic contexts is needed before making more direct comparisons. Likewise, the debris‐rich cirque glacier component of the landsystem is not dissimilar to that of the majority of former cirque and valley glaciers in all the Romanian Carpathians (Urdea et al, 2022a, 2022b, 2022c, 2022d, 2022e; Urdea et al, 2022) and the Western Carpathians (e.g., Tatra Mountains) (Zasadni, Kłapyta, Kałuża, & Makos, 2022; Zasadni et al, 2022a, 2022b, 2022c; Zasadni, Kłapyta, Tołoczko‐Pasek, & Makos, 2022; Zasadni, Makos, & Kłapyta, 2022). Indeed, previous research in the Romanian Carpathians highlighted a glacial geomorphology throughout the last deglaciation that was characterised by debris‐charged palaeoglaciers (e.g., Balaban, 2018; Gheorghiu, 2012; Gheorghiu et al, 2015; Kłapyta et al, 2021, 2022; Kłapyta, Mîndrescu, & Zasadni, 2023; Kłapyta, Zasadni, & Mîndrescu, 2023; László et al, 2013; Reuther et al, 2007; Ruszkiczay‐Rüdiger et al, 2016, 2021), but the exact timing and causes of glacial recession have not been assessed in detail (Popescu, Urdea, & Vespremeanu‐Stroe, 2017).…”