Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction

CD Clark, JC Ely, RCA Hindmarsh, S Bradley… - Boreas, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The BRITICE‐CHRONO consortium of researchers undertook a dating programme to
constrain the timing of advance, maximum extent and retreat of the British–Irish Ice Sheet …

Testing the area–altitude balance ratio (AABR) and accumulation–area ratio (AAR) methods of calculating glacier equilibrium-line altitudes

RP Oien, BR Rea, M Spagnolo, ID Barr… - Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
In this study, we compare equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) calculated using the area–
altitude balance ratio (AABR) and the accumulation–area ratio (AAR) methods, with …

Early and Middle Pleistocene environments, landforms and sediments in Scotland

JW MERRITT, ER CONNELL… - Earth and Environmental …, 2019 - cambridge.org
This paper reviews the changing environments, develo** landforms and terrestrial
stratigraphy during the Early and Middle Pleistocene stages in Scotland. Cold stages after …

Climate sensitivity and geomorphological response of cirque glaciers from the late glacial to the Holocene, Sierra Nevada, Spain

D Palacios, M Oliva, A Gómez-Ortiz, N Andrés… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Through a detailed geomorphological study, including thourough map** of the
geomorphic features as well as 10 Be Cosmic-Ray Exposure (CRE) dating, the …

Glaciers, rock avalanches and the 'buzzsaw'in cirque development: Why mountain cirques are of mainly glacial origin

IS Evans - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It has been proposed that most cirques are source‐area depressions of large, deep‐seated
rock‐slope failures. Yet the close relation between cirques and climate is convincing …

[HTML][HTML] Morphometric analysis of cirques on the Iberian Peninsula provides insights into climate during past glaciations

R Pellitero, I Barr, M Spagnolo, M Tomkins - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
We present the first comprehensive geodatabase of glacial cirques on the Iberian Peninsula,
excluding the Pyrenees. A total of 1519 cirques were mapped using Google Earth, guided …

[HTML][HTML] Reversible glacial-periglacial transition in response to climate changes and paraglacial dynamics: a case study from Héðinsdalsjökull (northern Iceland)

D Palacios, M Rodríguez-Mena… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to chronologically establish the origin of the different glacial and
rock glacier complex landforms deposited by Héðinsdalsjökull glacier (65° 39′ N, 18° 55 …

Scotland's mineral, water and energy resources: building a low-carbon future

M Smith, P Butler, MR Gillespie, RS Haszeldine… - 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Scotland's Earth resources, which include minerals, hydrocarbons, water and hydro energy,
have for many centuries provided a driver for population and economic growth. The nature …

[HTML][HTML] Cirques in the Transantarctic Mountains reveal controls on glacier formation and landscape evolution

ID Barr, M Spagnolo, MD Tomkins - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we analyse the morphometry of cirques in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM)
to understand regional glacier formation and landscape evolution since the onset of …

Last-glacial-cycle glacier erosion potential in the Alps

J Seguinot, I Delaney - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2021 - esurf.copernicus.org
The glacial landscape of the Alps has fascinated generations of explorers, artists,
mountaineers, and scientists with its diversity, including erosional features of all scales from …