E&G Quaternary Science Journal
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
EGQSJ
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-263-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-263-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
Research article
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14 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2025

From the 8.2 ka event to the Little Ice Age: Holocene cold periods and human impact recorded in alpine glaciofluvial peatlands (Silvretta Mountains, Switzerland)

Clemens von Scheffer, François De Vleeschouwer, Gaël Le Roux, and Ingmar Unkel

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Alpine peatlands aged 10 000 years old were cored in the Swiss Fimba Valley to investigate their development and past environmental conditions. Sediment layers embedded in the peat show periods of glacier growth, which suppressed peat growth. Human impacts like pastoralism and deforestation began shaping the landscape from the Bronze Age onwards into what it is today. The impacts and potential effects on carbon accumulation and flood mitigation in the valley should be considered in land management practice.
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