Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum

Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum

In 2011 four ice cores were extracted from the summit of Alto dell'Ortles (3859 m), the highest glacier of South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. This drilling site is located only 37 km southwest from where the Tyrolean Iceman,  ∼ 5.3 kyrs old, was discovered emerging from the ablating ice field of...

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Main Authors: P. Gabrielli, C. Barbante, G. Bertagna, M. Bertó, D. Binder, A. Carton, L. Carturan, F. Cazorzi, G. Cozzi, G. Dalla Fontana, M. Davis, F. De Blasi, R. Dinale, G. Dragà, G. Dreossi, D. Festi, M. Frezzotti, J. Gabrieli, S. P. Galos, P. Ginot, P. Heidenwolf, T. M. Jenk, N. Kehrwald, D. Kenny, O. Magand, V. Mair, V. Mikhalenko, P. N. Lin, K. Oeggl, G. Piffer, M. Rinaldi, U. Schotterer, M. Schwikowski, R. Seppi, A. Spolaor, B. Stenni, D. Tonidandel, C. Uglietti, V. Zagorodnov, T. Zanoner, P. Zennaro
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Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-11-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2779/2016/tc-10-2779-2016.pdf

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