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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-937-2017
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Research article
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13 Apr 2017
Research article |
| 13 Apr 2017
Linking pollen deposition and snow accumulation on the Alto dell'Ortles glacier (South Tyrol, Italy) for sub-seasonal dating of a firn temperate core
Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15,
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Luca Carturan
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry,
University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Werner Kofler
Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15,
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Giancarlo dalla Fontana
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry,
University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Fabrizio de Blasi
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry,
University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Federico Cazorzi
Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of
Udine, via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
Edith Bucher
Autonome Provinz Bozen Südtirol, Landesagentur für Umwelt,
Biologisches Labor, Unterbergstraße 2, 39055 Leifers, BZ, Italy
Volkmar Mair
Autonome Provinz Bozen Südtirol, Amt für Geologie und
Baustoffprüfung, Eggentalerstraße 48, 39053 Kardaun (BZ), Italy
Paolo Gabrielli
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University,
1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002, USA
School of Earth Sciences, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, Ohio State
University, 125 South Oval 8 Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Klaus Oeggl
Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15,
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Pollen as a potential indicator of the origin of massive ice in northwest Siberia A. Vasil'chuk & Y. Vasil'chuk 10.1002/ppp.2095
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- Annual layer counting using pollen grains of the Grigoriev ice core from the Tien Shan Mountains, central Asia N. Takeuchi et al. 10.1080/15230430.2019.1638202
- Reconstruction of mass balance and firn stratigraphy during the 1996–2011 warm period at high altitude on Mount Ortles, Eastern Alps: a comparison of modelled and ice core results L. Carturan et al. 10.5194/tc-19-3443-2025
- Multiproxy reconstruction of the annual signal in a temperate glacier: The Adamello ADA270 ice core C. Mangili et al. 10.1016/j.hisbio.2025.100033
- Pollen in winter precipitation in the south of Western Siberia N. Kuryatnikova et al. 10.1088/1755-1315/611/1/012033
- The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming A. Moreno et al. 10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021
- Seasonal Climatic Variations Inferred From Pollen in a Laminated Glacier in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau A. Cui et al. 10.1029/2022EA002581
- Preservation of chemical and isotopic signatures within the Weißseespitze millennial old ice cap (Eastern Alps), despite the ongoing ice loss A. Spagnesi et al. 10.3389/feart.2023.1322411
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Short summary
We propose a sub-seasonal timescale based on pollen analyses for a Mt. Ortles firn core. The method can be applied to all types of glaciers, provided the proximity of the pollen source and a negligible time lag between pollen production and its deposition on the glacier. By combining pollen dating with a mass balance model we found evidence that pollen grains are resilient to downward transport by percolating water and that pollen shows a high potential for inferring past climatic conditions.
We propose a sub-seasonal timescale based on pollen analyses for a Mt. Ortles firn core. The...
