Landscape Development and Climate Change in Southwest Bulgaria (Pirin Mountains)

• Main Authors: Grunewald, Karsten (Author), Scheithauer, Jörg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

Landscape Development and Climate Change in Southwest Bulgaria aims to address some of the current limitations in our understanding of past Balkan climate and environment. High mountains and their ecosystems offer an outstanding opportunity for studies on the impact of climate change. The Balkan Mou...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Geoarchives – why the view into the past?
• 2 The Pirin Mountains as a model region
• 3 Holocene climate and landscape chronology
• 4 Climate data and geo-archives of the younger past
• 5 Specifics of the regional climate and landscape history
• 6 Conclusion and outlook
• Indices.