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SUMMARY:Reconstructing the extent\, timing and palaeoclimatic significance
  of Quaternary glaciations in the Mediterranean region - Phil Hughes\, Uni
 versity of Manchester
DTSTART:20180125T173000Z
DTEND:20180125T183000Z
UID:TALK95503@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Della Murton
DESCRIPTION:Glaciation has affected many Mediterranean mountains on multip
 le occasions through the Quaternary. In the Pleistocene\, glaciers were ex
 tensive and the altitudinal pattern of glaciation closely matches the mode
 rn distribution of precipitation\, with some of the lowest glaciers formin
 g in the western Balkans and northwestern Iberia. Conversely\, the highest
  glaciers formed in areas that are currently the hottest and driest of the
  Mediterranean\, such as in Morocco and central Turkey. In the western Bal
 kans\, ice caps covered large areas of Croatia\, Montenegro and Albania. F
 urther south in Greece\, ice caps\, plateau ice fields and valley glaciers
  were widespread throughout the Pindus Mountains. The largest glaciers of 
 the Balkans formed during the Middle Pleistocene\, although substantial ci
 rque and valley glaciers were also present during the Late Pleistocene. In
  the western Mediterranean\, ice caps and plateau ice fields formed over m
 any of the mountains of Iberia and even in Morocco. Understanding the exte
 nt and timings of glaciations in this region is important for understandin
 g landscape evolution and the effects of global climate change on the Medi
 terranean region. In recent years the timing of glaciations during the lat
 e Pleistocene has been revolutionised using cosmogenic exposure dating\, r
 evealing asynchronous glacier behaviour across the Mediterranean through t
 he last cold stage. There is also evidence that small glaciers survived in
 to the Holocene. Today\, only a few small niche glaciers survive. These mo
 dern glaciers are much smaller than 150 years ago at the end of the Little
  Ice Age when Mediterranean glaciers were much more common. 
LOCATION:Castlereagh Room\, Fisher Building\, St Johns College\, Cambridge
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