Characteristics and potential climatic significance of "miniature ice caps" (crest- and cornice-type low-altitude ice archives)

• Main Authors: Haeberli, W, Frauenfelder, R, Kääb, A, Wagner, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2004
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Mont Blanc; Monte Rosa; Ice cap; ice core; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/62860/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/62860/1/s13.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756504781830330

Long-term ice-core records of Alpine glaciers are usually taken from cold-firn areas at high altitudes, as on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. Perennial ice bodies at lower altitudes, however, also bear information about the past. Recent findings from the remains of such ice (the Oetztal iceman found in A...