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Last-glacial-cycle glacier erosion potential in the Alps
Julien Seguinot
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Independent scholar, Anafi, Greece
Ian Delaney
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Short summary
Ancient Alpine glaciers have carved a fascinating landscape of piedmont lakes, glacial valleys, and mountain cirques. Using a previous supercomputer simulation of glacier flow, we show that glacier erosion has constantly evolved and moved to different parts of the Alps. Interestingly, larger glaciers do not always cause more rapid erosion. Instead, glacier erosion is modelled to slow down during glacier advance and peak during phases of retreat, such as the one the Earth is currently undergoing.
Ancient Alpine glaciers have carved a fascinating landscape of piedmont lakes, glacial valleys,...
