Title | Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Gabrielli, P, Barbante, C, Bertagna, G, ó, M, Binder, D, Carton, A, Carturan, L, Cazorzi, F, Cozzi, G, Fontana, GDalla, Davis, M, De Blasi, F, Dinale, R, à, G, Dreossi, G, Festi, D, Frezzotti, M, Gabrieli, J, Galos, SP, Ginot, P, Heidenwolf, P, Jenk, TM, Kehrwald, N, Kenny, D, Magand, O, Mair, V, Mikhalenko, V, Lin, PNan, Oeggl, K, Piffer, G, Rinaldi, M, Schotterer, U, Schwikowski, M, Seppi, R, Spolaor, A, Stenni, B, Tonidandel, D, Uglietti, C, Zagorodnov, V, Zanoner, T, Zennaro, P |
Journal | The Cryosphere |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 6 |
Pagination | 2779 - 2797 |
Date Published | Jan-01-2016 |
Abstract | In 2011 four ice cores were extracted from the summit of Alto dell’Ortles (3859 m), the highest glacier of South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. This drilling site is located only 37 km southwest from where the Tyrolean Iceman, ∼5.3 kyrs old, was discovered emerging from the ablating ice field of Tisenjoch (3210 m, near the Italian–Austrian border) in 1991. The excellent preservation of this mummy suggested that the Tyrolean Iceman was continuously embedded in prehistoric ice and that additional ancient ice was likely |
URL | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2779/2016/tc-10-2779-2016.pdf |
DOI | 10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016 |