TABLE 1.
Glacier forelands sampled and bibliographic sources used to date moraines
Name | Mountain region | Country | Lat. (°E) | Long. (°N) | Elevation of glacier front (m a.s.l.) | Elevation of oldest sample site (m a.s.l.) | Lithology | Studied time period since deglacierization (years) and number of study sites | Data sources for soil chronology |
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Apusinikajik | Renland | Greenland | 71.26 | −25.82 | 75 | 55 | Granite and gneiss | 10–150; n = 3 | Medford (2013) |
Perito Moreno | South Andes | Argentina | −50.5 | −73.04 | 180 | 340 | Granite and granodiorite | 100–410; n = 3 | Aniya and Skvarca (2012) |
Tiedemann | North Pacific Range | Canada | 51.32 | −124.923 | 950 | 815 | Granodiorite and orthogneiss | 36–116; n = 3 | Larocque and Smith (2003) |
Forni | Central European Alps | Italy | 46.41 | 10.57 | 2600 | 2200 | Granite | 10–150; n = 7 | Pelfini et al. (2014) |
Glaciers Noir/Blanc | Western European Alps | France | 44.92 | 6.41 | 2670 | 1890 | Granite | 14–166; n = 8 | Cossart et al. (2006); Rabatel et al. (2008) |
Gergeti | Greater Caucasus | Georgia | 42.66 | 44.55 | 3220 | 2770 | Andesite and dacite | 15–150; n = 5 | Tielidze et al. (2019) |
Lobuche | Central Himalaya | Nepal | 27.96 | 86.81 | 5100 | 5020 | Black gneiss, metapelite and quartzite | 20–300; n = 5 | Richards et al. (2000) |
Charquini | Central Andes | Bolivia | −16.31 | −68.11 | 5070 | 4830 | Granodiorite and granite | 9–350; n = 7 | Rabatel et al. (2005) |
Zongo | Central Andes | Bolivia | −16.27 | −68.13 | 4940 | 4830 | Granite | 9–351; n = 7 | Rabatel (2005) |
Antisana | Northern Andes | Ecuador | −0.47 | −78.15 | 4870 | 4780 | Andesite and volcanic ash | 17–150; n = 5 | Collet (2010) |