Topographic controls on plateau icefield recession : insights from the Younger Dryas Monadhliath Icefield, Scotland

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Boston, Clare M., Lukas, Sven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Climate Research; glacier recession; moraines; plateau icefield; topographic controls; Younger Dryas; Arctic; Ela; Climate change
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2e66e186-0773-4e53-a1ac-5dcfadd9c88f; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3111

Plateau icefields are a common form of mountain ice mass, frequently found in mid-latitude to high-arctic regions and increasingly recognized in the Quaternary record. Their top-heavy hypsometry makes them highly sensitive to changes in climate when the equilibriaum line altitude (ELA) lies above th...