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- Derives new numerical and qualitative characteristics of present glaciers and their dynamics in the Georgian Caucasus region
- Reveals valley glacier fluctuation synchronicity after the Little Ice Age (LIA) maximum
- Reconstructs late Pleistocene (Wurmian) and Holocene glaciation periods
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Geography of the Physical Environment (GEOPHY)
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Evolution of Glaciations in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
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Book Title: Glaciers of Georgia
Authors: Levan Tielidze
Series Title: Geography of the Physical Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50571-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50570-1Published: 06 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84431-2Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50571-8Published: 20 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-8865
Series E-ISSN: 2366-8873
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 167
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Climate Change, Climatology, Hydrology/Water Resources, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)