Fig. 6

Exposure and radiocarbon ages of this study and radiocarbon ages of Schneebeli and Röthlisberger (1976) in comparison with a summary of glacier variations during the Lateglacial and the Holocene, modified after Ivy-Ochs et al. (2009). Glacier advances are shown as blue curves. Green bars show 12 periods of glacier recession (Joerin et al. 2006). LIA fluctuation of the Gornergletscher are based on Holzhauser et al. (2005). Advances of Steingletscher, Tsidjiore Nuove Gletscher after Schimmelpfennig et al. (2012, 2014) and Mont-Miné-Gletscher after Nicolussi and Schlüchter (2012)