Geomorphologic and paleoclimatic evidence of Holocene glaciation on Mount Olympus, Greece

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Styllas, Michael Nikolaos, Schimmelpfennig, Irene, Ghilardi, Matthieu, Benedetti, Lucilla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2015
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Ela; Olympus; Mount Olympus; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683615618259; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683615618259; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683615618259

This study investigates the possibility of Holocene glaciation on Mount Olympus (Greece) with a respective local temperature–precipitation equilibrium line altitude (TP-ELA) at c. 2200 m a.s.l., based on geomorphologic and paleoclimatic evidence. At present, the local TP-ELA is situated above the mo...