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

• Published in: Geographica Helvetica
• Main Authors: P. Becker, M. Funk, C. Schlüchter, K. Hutter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German; English; French; Italian
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: geo; envir; Rhone; Dye 3; Dye-3; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-72-421-2017; https://www.geogr-helv.net/72/421/2017/gh-72-421-2017.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/c6363973ed6c4eac94575b7551988e86

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...