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Former mountain glaciers are important analogues for understanding contemporary ice masses and their future interactions with climate. Formerly glaciated mountain landscapes are also important archives for the study of climate change during the Quaternary. The European Alps are one of the regions where geological markers of past glaciations are most abundant and well-studied. The same is, however, not true for the south-eastern corner of the Alps and neighbouring northern Dinarides, despite the fact that here glacial history has been studied since the late nineteenth century. Several discrepancies exist among palaeoglaciological maps generated by different authors. There are also large disagreements between these empirical reconstructions and numerically modelled simulations, which predict excessive ice cover over the entire south-eastern Alps. In this project, we have improved our understanding of past climate-glacier dynamics at the Alps-Dinarides junction by combining field and model-based approaches. In particular, we explored the spatio-temporal patterns of glacier fluctuations during the Last Glacial Cycle, the influence of different bed geology on subglacial conditions and glacier dynamics, and the past climate conditions driving the growth and recession of glaciers. Overall, this project will deliver new findings about how Pleistocene and Holocene glaciers shaped the landscape and how they reacted to past climate variability.

 

Work packages:

• WP1: Empirical reconstruction of glaciers
• WP2: Numerical simulations of glaciers
• WP3: Past climate change
• WP4: Dissemination and public outreach 

Participating organisations:

•  Geological Survey of Slovenia (lead partner)
• Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• Jozef Stefan Institute
• Italian National Research Council
  Dr Giovanni Monegato, Dr Renato R. Colucci
• Istanbul Technical University
  Prof. Attila Çiner, Prof. Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya, Prof. Cengiz Yıldırım
• Croatian Geological Survey
  Dr Lara Wacha 

Publications:

1.01 Original scientific article

• DEPOLLI, Matjaž, ŽEBRE, Manja, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, KOSEC, Gregor. Simulation of a former ice field with Parallel Ice Sheet Model : Snežnik study case. Climate of the past. [Online ed.]. 2024, vol. 20, iss. 7, pp. 1471-1488, illus. ISSN 1814-9332. DOI: 10.5194/cp-20-1471-2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 201439491]
• GOSTINČAR, Petra, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Extent and spatial distribution of karst in Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica. 2023, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 111-129. ISSN 1581-6613. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.11679. [COBISS.SI-ID 171726595]
• DEL GOBBO, Costanza, COLUCCI, Renato R., MONEGATO, Giovanni, ŽEBRE, Manja, GIORGI, Filippo. Atmosphere-cryosphere interactions during the last phase of the Last Glacial Maximum (21 ka) in the European Alps. Climate of the past. [Online ed.]. 2023, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 1805-1823. ISSN 1814-9332. DOI: 10.5194/cp-19-1805-2023. [COBISS.SI-ID 164827139]
• JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, JEŽ, Jernej, ZAJC, Marjana, PREUSSER, Frank, MONEGATO, Giovanni. Deciphering the deformation mechanism in Quaternary deposits along the Idrija Fault in the formerly glaciated Soča Valley, southeast European Alps. Engineering geology. 2022, vol. 297, 25 p. ISSN 0013-7952. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106515. [COBISS.SI-ID 93313539]
• ŽEBRE, Manja, SARIKAYA, Mehmet Akif, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, COLUCCI, Renato R., YILDIRIM, Cengiz, ÇINER, Attila, CANDAŞ, Adem, VLAHOVIĆ, Igor, TOMLJENOVIĆ, Bruno, MATOŠ, Bojan, WILCKEN, Klaus M. An early glacial maximum during the last glacial cycle on the northern Velebit Mt. (Croatia). Geomorphology : an international journal of pure and applied geomorphology, ISSN 0169-555X. 2021, vol. 392, pp. 1-22, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107918. [COBISS.SI-ID 76449027]
• JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, MONEGATO, Giovanni. Late Quaternary evolution of the sedimentary environment in Modrejce near Most na Soči (Soča Valley, Julian Alps) = Late Quaternary evolution of the sedimentary environment in Modrejce near Most na Soči (Posočje, Julian Alps). Geologija, ISSN 0016-7789. [Printed edition], 2020, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 295-309, illus., doi: 10.5474/geologija.2020.022. [COBISS.SI-ID 41477891]

 

1.08 Published scientific conference contribution

• ŽEBRE, Manja, JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, JEŽ, Jernej, MONEGATO, Giovanni, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Quaternary glaciations of the Alps-Dinarides junction. In: KORBAR, Tvrtko (ed.), KOVAČIĆ, Marijan (ed.), VLAHOVIĆ, Igor (ed.). 36th International Meeting of Sedimentology June 12-16, 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia : field trip guidebook : sedimentary cover of the Adria and its surroundings : from aborted rifting in the central Adriatic to the post-collisional deposition in the Dinarides, the Southern Alps, and the Pannonian basin. Pp. 105-127. ISBN 978-953-6907-80-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 168609539]
• BAVEC, Aljaž, DEPOLLI, Matjaž. Alpine glacier simulation with linear climate models. In: VRČEK, Neven (ed.). 2022 45th Jubilee International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology (MIPRO) : May 23-27, 2022, Opatija, Croatia : proceedings. Rijeka: Croatian Society for Information, Communication and Electronic Technology - MIPRO, cop. 2022. pp. 245-250, illus. ISBN 978-953-233-103-5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9803334, DOI: 10.23919/MIPRO55190.2022.9803326. [COBISS.SI-ID 114145539]

1.12 Published scientific conference contribution abstract

• JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, JEŽ, Jernej, ZAJC, Marjana, PREUSSER, Frank, MONEGATO, Giovanni. Earthquake, gravity, or glacier? Deciphering deformation mechanism in Quaternary deposits along Idrija Fault in formerly glaciated Soča Valley, southeastern Alps. In: XXI INQUA Congress : time for change : July 14th-20th 2023, Rome. [S.l.: ICLR. 2023, [1] pp. https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentation/1047. [COBISS.SI-ID 162759171]
• ŽEBRE, Manja, GOSTINČAR, Petra, JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, MENCIN GALE, Eva, JEŽ, Jernej, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, ATANACKOV, Jure, BAVEC, Miloš. Quaternary glacial GIS database of the South-Eastern European Alps and Northern Dinaric Mountains. In: XXI INQUA Congress : time for change : July 14th-20th 2023, Rome. [S.l.: ICLR. 2023, [1] p. https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentation/1901. [COBISS.SI-ID 162766339]
• ŽEBRE, Manja, MENCIN GALE, Eva, GOSTINČAR, Petra, MONEGATO, Giovanni, ANDRIČ, Maja, IVANČIČ, Kristina, JEŽ, Jernej, JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, BAVEC, Miloš. Sedimentological and chronological characterization of glacial sediments of the Bohinj glacier on the Obla gorica mound, Radovljica. In: ANDRIČ, Maja (ed.), CAF, Nina (ed.). Scientific meeting Long-term environmental change 2023 : ZRC SAZU Atrium, Novi trg 2, Ljubljana, 16 and 17 May 2023 : programme, abstracts. Ljubljana: Institute of Archaeology, ZRC SAZU, 2023. https://iza2.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/povzetki_DSO_2023_1.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 152821507]
• GOSTINČAR, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, MENCIN GALE, Eva, JEŽ, Jernej, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, ATANACKOV, Jure, BAVEC, Miloš. Towards a comprehensive overview of glaciation at the Alps-Dinarides junction: compilation of a GIS database and creation of a web map viewer. In: Geomorphology and global change : 10th IAG International conference on geomorphology : Coimbra, 12-16 September 2022. [S. l.: s. n.], 2022. DOI: 10.5194/icg2022-227. [COBISS.SI-ID 130567171]
• JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, JEŽ, Jernej, ZAJC, Marjana, PREUSSER, Frank, MONEGATO, Giovanni. Late Quaternary sedimentary evolution and palaeoenvironmental records in Modrejce near Most na Soči (Julian Alps). In: ANDRIČ, Maja (ed.), CAF, Nina (ed.). Programme, abstracts : scientific meeting Long-term environmental change 2021. Ljubljana: Institute of Archaeology, ZRC SAZU. 2021, p. 5, https://iza2.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/dso_2021_povzetki.pdf [COBISS.SI-ID 66117123].
• JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra, ŽEBRE, Manja, JEŽ, Jernej, ZAJC, Marjana, PREUSSER, Frank, MONEGATO, Giovanni. Late Quaternary sedimentary evolution and deformations of deposits near Most na Soči (Julian Alps). In: JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra (ed.), NOVAK, Ana (ed.). 6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology : Seas, Lakes and Rivers : 27-29 September 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia : book of abstracts. Online ed. Ljubljana: Geological Survey of Slovenia. 2021, pp. 56-57. [COBISS.SI-ID 88700419]
• ŽEBRE, Manja, SARIKAYA, Mehmet Akif, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, ÇINER, Attila, YILDIRIM, Cengiz. New 36Cl glacial chronology of the northern Dinaric Mountains (Slovenia). In: JAMŠEK RUPNIK, Petra (ed.), NOVAK, Ana (ed.). 6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology : Seas, Lakes and Rivers : 27-29 September 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia : book of abstracts. Online ed. Ljubljana: Geological Survey of Slovenia. 2021, pp. 99-100. [COBISS.SI-ID 88700931]

 

Open access data:

• Web map viewer Glacial landscape of Alps-Dinarides
• Freely accessible GIS database of glacial data Database of glacial landforms of the Alps-Dinarides junction

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