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. 2021 Jan 16;27(8):1662–1677. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15496

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
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)