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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1575-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1575-2015
Research article
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26 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2015

Modelled glacier equilibrium line altitudes during the mid-Holocene in the southern mid-latitudes

C. Bravo, M. Rojas, B. M. Anderson, A. N. Mackintosh, E. Sagredo, and P. I. Moreno

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We examine the climatic forcing of glacier expansion in the mid-Holocene (MH) by evaluating modelled glacier equilibrium line altitude (ELA) and climate conditions during the MH compared with pre-industrial (PI) time in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. Glaciers in both analysed regions have an ELA that is 15-33m lower than the PI during the MH. We postulate that the modelled ELA changes may help to explain larger glacier extents observed in the mid-Holocene in both regions.