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Research article
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Research article |
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Late Pleistocene glacial chronologies and paleoclimate in the northern Rocky Mountains
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47905, USA
Elizabeth Huss
Department of Geosciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York 14454, USA
Benjamin J. C. Laabs
Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 68102, USA
Eric Leonard
Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, USA
Joseph Licciardi
Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
Mitchell A. Plummer
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USA
Marc W. Caffee
Department of Physics and Astronomy, PRIME Lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47905, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47905, USA
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- Aerobic respiration controls on shale weathering L. Stolze et al. 10.1016/j.gca.2022.11.002
Latest update: 15 Sep 2025
Short summary
Glaciers in the northern Rocky Mountains began retreating 17 000 to 18 000 years ago, after the end of the most recent global ice volume maxima. Climate in the region during this time was likely 10 to 8.5° colder than modern with less than or equal to present amounts of precipitation. Glaciers across the Rockies began retreating at different times but eventually exhibited similar patterns of retreat, suggesting a common mechanism influencing deglaciation.
Glaciers in the northern Rocky Mountains began retreating 17 000 to 18 000 years ago, after the...
