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Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps

2003; Geological Society of America; Volume: 31; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/g19445.1

1943-2682

Giovanni Muttoni, Cipriano Carcano, Eduardo Garzanti, Manlio Ghielmi, Andrea Piccin, Roberta Pini, Sergio Rogledi, Dario Sciunnach,

Aeolian processes and effects

Research Article| November 01, 2003 Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps Giovanni Muttoni; Giovanni Muttoni 1Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Cipriano Carcano; Cipriano Carcano 2ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Eduardo Garzanti; Eduardo Garzanti 3Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Manlio Ghielmi; Manlio Ghielmi 4ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Andrea Piccin; Andrea Piccin 5Regione Lombardia, Via Sassetti 32/2, 20124 Milano, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Roberta Pini; Roberta Pini 6Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sergio Rogledi; Sergio Rogledi 7ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Dario Sciunnach Dario Sciunnach 8Regione Lombardia, Via Sassetti 32/2, 20124 Milano, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Giovanni Muttoni 1Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy Cipriano Carcano 2ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Eduardo Garzanti 3Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy Manlio Ghielmi 4ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Andrea Piccin 5Regione Lombardia, Via Sassetti 32/2, 20124 Milano, Italy Roberta Pini 6Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy Sergio Rogledi 7ENI E&P, Via Emilia 1, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Italy Dario Sciunnach 8Regione Lombardia, Via Sassetti 32/2, 20124 Milano, Italy Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 09 Jun 2003 Revision Received: 21 Jul 2003 Accepted: 22 Jul 2003 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2003) 31 (11): 989–992. https://doi.org/10.1130/G19445.1 Article history Received: 09 Jun 2003 Revision Received: 21 Jul 2003 Accepted: 22 Jul 2003 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Giovanni Muttoni, Cipriano Carcano, Eduardo Garzanti, Manlio Ghielmi, Andrea Piccin, Roberta Pini, Sergio Rogledi, Dario Sciunnach; Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps. Geology 2003;; 31 (11): 989–992. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G19445.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract During maximum Pleistocene glacial expansions, the Alpine ice cap invaded the Central Europe uplands and Italian Southalpine foothills. Periglacial basins, such as the Po River Basin, are natural collectors of sediments that record the past biological and climatic changes that involve the waxing and waning of major ice caps. In a 200-m-long core from the central Po Plain, stratigraphic evidence for one such major glacial pulse of the nearby Alpine ice cap is recorded by a sequence boundary, termed the R surface, associated with a drastic reorganization of vegetational, fluvial, and Alpine drainage patterns. The R surface, seismically traceable across the Po Plain subsurface, was constrained magnetostratigraphically to the first prominent Pleistocene glacio-eustatic lowstand of marine isotope stage (MIS) 22 at 0.87 Ma. MIS 22 corresponds to the end of the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution, a marked reorganization of Northern Hemisphere glaciation pattern that took place in the late early Pleistocene. We suggest that the R surface formed at Mid-Pleistocene Revolution–MIS 22 time, during the onset of the first major Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.