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Scientific Research Basis for Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions: Main Concepts and Basic Theories Read chapter Read first chapter

2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

25. Research of Field Evidence for Late Quaternary Climate Changes in the Highest Mountains of Bulgaria

Author : Emil Gachev

Published in: Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The highest Bulgarian mountains, Rila (2925 m a.s.l.) and Pirin (2914 m a.s.l.), provide groups of relatively well preserved glacial landforms from late Pleistocene and Holocene cold phases, several small recent perennial ice features, and still well preserved forest ecosystems at the tree limit that can serve as a source for valuable environmental records. Results of our latest studies show that in Rila valley glaciers reached their largest extent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) stage (23,000–19,000 BP), when the Equilibrium Line Altitude of the glaciers was at around 2150–2250 m a.s.l. and the longest glacier tongues went down to 1150–1200 m a.s.l. Traces from several stages of glacier retreat were also found and described.
Another important aspect of environmental change consists of the observation of current environmental phenomena to evaluate local climate change during the past decades and at present. This chapter presents some of the results of research efforts in this field that have been achieved up to the present.
One of the aims of this chapter is to propose incorporation of high mountain environmental change research from all the interested Balkan countries in a network for regional studies and modeling, and, if possible, to establish a workgroup dedicated to this topic.

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Metadata
Title
Research of Field Evidence for Late Quaternary Climate Changes in the Highest Mountains of Bulgaria
Author
Emil Gachev
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-20109-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-20110-8

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20110-8_25