GIS‐based reconstruction of Late Weichselian proglacial lakes in northwestern Russia and Belarus

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Gorlach, Aleksandr, Hang, Tiit, Kalm, Volli
• Other Authors: European Social Fund, Russian Science Foundation, Eesti Teadusfondi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Ice Lakes; glacier; Ice Sheet; karelia*; karelian
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12223; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbor.12223; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12223

Reconstructing ice‐lake histories is of considerable importance for understanding deglacial meltwater budgets and the role of meltwater reservoirs for sea‐level rise in response to climate warming. We used the latest data on chronology and ice‐sheet extents combined with an isostatically adjusted di...