Integration of Holocene glacier front variations into the international monitoring databases.

ZEMP, M.; ZUMBUHL, H.J.; NUSSBAUMER, S.; MASIOKAS, M.H.; ESPIZUA, L.E.; PITTE, P.

Berna

Congreso; XVIII INQUA-Congress Quaternary sciences – the view from the mountains; 2011

INQUA

Reconstructions of glacier front variations based on well-dated historical evidence from the Alps, Scandinavia, and the southern Andes, extend the observational record as far back as the 16th century. The standardized compilation of paleo-glacier length changes is now an integral part of the internationally coordinated glacier monitoring system.