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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Buoyant calving and ice-contact lake evolution at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) in the period 1998–2019
Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cascade – The mountain processes and mountain hazards group, Institute
of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Michael Avian
Department of Earth Observation, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und
Geodynamik (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria
Douglas I. Benn
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St
Andrews, UK
Felix Bernsteiner
Cascade – The mountain processes and mountain hazards group, Institute
of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Philipp Krisch
Cascade – The mountain processes and mountain hazards group, Institute
of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Christian Ziesler
Cascade – The mountain processes and mountain hazards group, Institute
of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Short summary
Present climate warming leads to glacier recession and formation of lakes. We studied the nature and rate of lake evolution in the period 1998–2019 at Pasterze Glacier, Austria. We detected for instance several large-scale and rapidly occurring ice-breakup events from below the water level. This process, previously not reported from the European Alps, might play an important role at alpine glaciers in the future as many glaciers are expected to recede into valley basins allowing lake formation.
Present climate warming leads to glacier recession and formation of lakes. We studied the nature...