A study of the Würm glaciation focused on the Valais region (Alps)

• Published in: Geographica Helvetica
• Main Authors: Becker, Patrick, Funk, Martin, Schlüchter, Christian, Hutter, Kolumban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Rhone; Dye 3; Dye-3; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-72-421-2017; https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/72/421/2017/

During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the glaciation in the European Alps reached maximum ice extent. We already simulated the steady states of the Alpine ice coverage for several climate drivers in Becker et al. (2016) and heighten in this article such studies for the Swiss Valais region. To this...