8800 years of high-altitude vegetation and climate history at the Rutor Glacier forefield, Italian Alps. Evidence of middle Holocene timberline rise and glacier contraction

Autore
F. Badino
C. Ravazzi
F. Vallè
R. Pini
A. Aceti
M. Brunetti
E. Champvillair
V. Maggi
F. Maspero
R. Perego
G. Orombelli
Parole chiave
Ecology
Forestry
Geochronology
Plants (botany)
Sedimentology
stratigraphy
vegetation
14C dating
Alps
Europe
Historic timberline
Holocene thermal maximums
Holocenes
Palaeoecology
Paleoclimatology
vegetation dynamics
climate change
altitude
carbon isotope
climate conditions
coniferous forest
deglaciation
ecotone
glacier advance
historical record
Holocene
human activity
Hypsithermal
Middle Ages
paleoclimate
paleoecology
radiocarbon dating
stratigraphy
treeline
vegetation dynamics
vegetation history
Alps
Italy
Italy
Rutor Glacier
Valle d Aosta
Pinus cembra
Year of Publication
2018
Journal
Quaternary Science Reviews
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041821782&doi=10.1016%2fj.quascirev.2018.01.022&partnerID=40&md5=d01d7aa277f03ded376844b9aaaabe2b
DOI
10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.022