European Glacial Landscapes

David Palacios is Full Professor of Physical Geography at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He has been the coordinator for Spanish National Projects since 1998 to the present, and Spanish coordinator of two European Projects. He has served as founder and director of the High Mountain Physical Geography excellence research group for 12 years, and has authored over 200 international research papers, 100 chapters, and has edited five books. Philip Hughes is Professor of Physical Geography and Head of Department at the University of Manchester. His first degree is in Geography from the University of Exeter followed by a Masters in Quaternary Science, then a PhD in Geography, both at the University of Cambridge (Darwin College). His PhD was on the glacial history of the Pindus Mountains, Greece. This was ollowed by an independent postdoctoral fellowship at Manchester examining the glaciation of Montenegro. He has since worked on glaciation across the Mediterranean mountains and elsewhere. He has utilised U-series dating and cosmogenic nuclides to date glacial landforms. He has also published on global glaciations and stratigraphy in Quaternary science. In 2011 Philip co-edited, with Jürgen Ehlers and Philip Gibbard, the successful Elsevier volume Quaternary Glaciation: Extent and Chronology – A Closer Look, and in 2023 three new Elsevier volumes on European Glacial Landscapes with David Palacios and co-authors.Dr. Vincent Jomelli is a director of research at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and a geomorphologist who works at CEREGE at the University of Aix-Marseille France. He has worked on natural hazards and palaeoglacial studies conducted in different alpine regions in Europe, Asia and in the southern hemisphere. In this research he has utilised cosmogenic nuclides to date glacial landforms and he has published on global glacier variations during the Holocene published in Quaternary science reviews. He has written several papers on Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Pyrenees, the French Alps, the tropical Andes, Greenland, Caucasus, and Kerguelen. He has also been involved in scientific papers on contemporary glaciology and mass balance of glaciers in Nepal, tropical Andes, Kerguelen and Antarctica. Dr. Luis M. Tanarro is Professor of Physical Geography at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). His PhD was on the application of computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information system (GIS) to high detailed geomorphological mapping. His main research is focused on the monitoring geomorphological processes in mountains and on the development and design of geomorphological cartography with CAD and SIG techniques. He is Principal investigator of over 16 research projects, in which he has responsibility for the geo-visualisation of the cartography in accordance with the application of the latest methodologies and technologies. He has published nearly 100 research papers on the dynamics of deglaciation in mountains, on monitoring of geomorphological processes and its impact on geodiversity. In addition to the Iberian mountains, he has conducted research in Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and Iceland, which has given her a broad understanding of land surface processes in cold climate environments.

• Part IIntroduction1. Introduction to the Holocene glacial landscapes2. Homogenisation of cosmic-ray exposure ages3. Quaternary interglacials4. Synthesis of Holocene glacial landscapes in EuropePart IIClimate changes during the Holocene in eastern North Atlantic and Europe5. Introduction to the Holocene climate6. Greenlandian Stage (Early Holocene, 11.7_8.2 ka)7. Northgrippian Stage (Middle Holocene, 8.2_4.2 ka)8. Meghalayan Stage (Late Holocene, 4.2 ka_present)9. Synthesis and perspectives: drivers, rhythms, and spatial patterns of Holocene climate changePart IIIThe European glacial landforms during Holocene10. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Russian Arctic and the Urals11. Holocene glacial landscapes of Svalbard12. Holocene glacial history and landforms of Iceland13. Early Holocene glacial landscapes and final-stage deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet14. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Scandinavian Peninsula15. Holocene glacial and periglacial landscapes of Britain and Ireland16. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in Northern Central Europe17. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Tatra Mountains18. Glacial landscape evolution during the Holocene in the Romanian Carpathians19. Holocene glacier variations in the Northern Caucasus, Russia20. Holocene glacier variations in the Alps21. The Pyrenees: glacial landforms from the Holocene22. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Iberian Mountains23. Holocene glacial landscape of the Apennine Mountains24. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco25. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Balkans26. Holocene glacial landscapes of the Anatolian PeninsulaPart IVSynthesis of the European Landscapes during the Holocene27. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Early Holocene28. The European Glacial Landscapes from the Middle Holocene29. The European glacial landscapes from the Late Holocene30. Recent evolution and perspectives of European glacial landscapes