Investigating cold based summit glaciers through direct access to the glacier base: a case study constraining the maximum age of Chli Titlis glacier, Switzerland

Cold glaciers at the highest locations of the European Alps have been investigated by drilling ice cores to retrieve their stratigraphic climate records. Findings like the Oetztal ice man have demonstrated that small ice bodies at summit locations of comparatively lower altitudes may also contain...

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Main Authors: P. Bohleber, H. Hoffmann, J. Kerch, L. Sold, A. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/401/2018/tc-12-401-2018.pdf