Titelangaben
Bernsteiner, Heidi ; Götz, Joachim ; Salcher, Bernhard C. ; Lang, Andreas:
From deglaciation to postglacial filling: post-LGM evolution of an isolated glacier system at the northern fringe of the Eastern Alps (Austria).
In: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography.
Bd. 103
(2021)
Heft 4
.
- S. 305-322.
ISSN 1468-0459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2021.1933958
Abstract
During the last glacial maximum (LGM), large parts of the European Alps were occupied by an extensive interconnected system of valley glaciers. At lower elevations on the eastern fringe of the Alps, only a patchy pattern of isolated glaciers developed. Erosion by many of these smaller glaciers was however sufficient to excavate subglacial basins (‘overdeepening’) large enough to act as sedimentary archives of deglaciation processes. To constrain the deglaciation history and the post-LGM evolution of an isolated glacial system, we analyzed the geomorphology and the sedimentary record of a local overdeepening at the northern fringe of the Northern Calcareous Alps. We focus on the heavily silted lake system Taferlklaussee (TKS) (Höllengebirge massif, Austria) confined by a succession of terminal moraines and a steep headwall. Field techniques (mapping, Direct Current Resistivity, and core drilling), lab techniques (lithostratigraphic analyses and radiocarbon dating) and Geographic Information System (GIS) analyses are employed to document dynamics of erosion and sedimentation after deglaciation. We discuss drivers and controls of paraglacial landscape evolution. The almost complete postglacial (lake) record indicates abundant sediment input during the lateglacial and early Holocene, but strongly reduced dynamics since the Mid-Holocene. Sediment storage volumes range between 3.83 Mm³ and 5.75 Mm³ and lithology-specific mechanical denudation rates range between 0.8 mm/a and 1.7 mm/a depending on the scenario used. The study provides a well-constrained reference for the depositional dynamics of isolated LGM glacier systems of the Eastern Alps. It highlights the potential of using related sedimentary records to constrain the local variability in postglacial landscape evolution.
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Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Keywords: | Postglacial landscape evolution; paraglacial adjustment; overdeepened basin |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Geowissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Geomorphologie Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Geowissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Geomorphologie > Lehrstuhl Geomorphologie - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Sass |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 910 Geografie, Reisen |
Eingestellt am: | 12 Okt 2023 05:32 |
Letzte Änderung: | 12 Okt 2023 05:32 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/87145 |