Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation

M Oliva, M Žebre, M Guglielmin, PD Hughes… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The relatively warm climate conditions prevailing today in the Mediterranean region limit
cold geomorphological processes only to the highest mountain environments. However …

Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis

PD Hughes, JC Woodward - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
The Mediterranean mountains were repeatedly glaciated during the Pleistocene. Glaciers
were present in most of the major mountains areas from Morocco in the west to the Black …

Heinrich Stadial aridity forced Mediterranean-wide glacier retreat in the last cold stage

JL Allard, PD Hughes, JC Woodward - Nature Geoscience, 2021 - nature.com
Throughout the last cold stage, the North Atlantic region was punctuated by abrupt climate
shifts and atmospheric processes propagated their effects to adjacent continents. During …

Karstic landscapes and landforms in Turkey

L Nazik, M Poyraz, M Karabıyıkoğlu - Landscapes and landforms of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Approximately, 40% of Turkey's landmass consists of soluble rocks (limestone,
dolomite, and gypsum) highly suitable for karstification. While presenting different …

Late Quaternary glaciations in the eastern Mediterranean

MA Sarıkaya, A Çiner - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fourteen mountains in the eastern Mediterranean, between southern Turkey and Lebanon,
are high enough to support Quaternary valley glaciers or ice caps. The timing of the …

Timing and climatic drivers for the MIS 6 glaciation in the central Himalaya: 10Be surface exposure dating of hummocky moraine northwest of Mt. Gang Benchhen …

G Dong, W Zhou, F Xian, Y Fu, L Zhang, P Ding… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantifying the timing and extent of Quaternary mountain glaciations can help us in
understanding the cause of ice-age cycles. As such, impressive achievements have been …

Misleading old age on a young landform? The dilemma of cosmogenic inheritance in surface exposure dating: moraines vs. rock glaciers

A Çiner, MA Sarıkaya, C Yıldırım - Quaternary Geochronology, 2017 - Elsevier
Mount Geyikdağ in the Taurus Mountain Range in southern Turkey was glaciated during the
Late Pleistocene. Several glacial and periglacial landforms such as moraines and rock …

Late Pleistocene glaciations and paleoclimate of Turkey

MA Sarıkaya, A Çiner - Bulletin of the Mineral Research and …, 2015 - dergipark.org.tr
Glaciers respond quickly to climatic changes and thus they are considered to be very
accurate indicators of changes in atmospheric conditions. Similarly, the extent of past …

Timing and extent of late Quaternary glaciations on Karlik Mountain, eastern Tianshan range, China

J Zhao, J Qiu, JM Harbor, H Ji, MW Caffee… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glacial landforms formed by multiple glaciations are well-preserved in the valleys around
Karlik Mountain in the easternmost Tianshan range, Central Asia. These landforms are …

The timing and cause of glacial activity during the last glacial in central Tibet based on 10Be surface exposure dating east of Mount Jaggang, the Xainza range

G Dong, W Zhou, C Yi, Y Fu, L Zhang, M Li - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Mountain glaciers are sensitive to climate change, and can provide valuable information for
inferring former climates on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). The increasing glacial chronologies …