Timing of LGM and deglaciation in the Southern Swiss Alps

• Published in: Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement
• Main Authors: Scapozza, Cristian, Castelletti, Claudio, Soma, Linda, Dall’Agnolo, Stephan, Ambrosi, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Groupe français de géomorphologie 2015
• Subjects: déglaciation; DMG; Tardiglaciaire; datations radiocarbone; glacier du Ticino; Alpes Suisses; LGM; Lateglacial; radiocarbon dating; Ticino glacier; Swiss Alps; geo; envir; Fontana; Greenland; glacier; NGRIP
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/geomorphologie/10753

Detailed mapping of Quaternary formations in Southern Switzerland (Mendrisiotto and neighbouring regions in Italy) and a compilation of radiocarbon dating make it possible to reconstruct the geometry and chronology of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Southern Swiss Alps. A detailed chronostrati...