Late Pleistocene preliminary glacial extent in Bucegi Massif, Southern Carpathians (Romania)

Abstract

The knowledge about the last glaciations from Romanian Carpathians experienced a surge in the late years regarding absolute age dating and identification of glacial features. The Southern Carpathians, which are the highest in Romania, aroused interest mainly in the western and central part and good connections have been established with other mountain ranges in Europe, but the eastern side where Bucegi Massif stands remained undated due to the apparent lack of trimline evidence and to the lithology which is composed mainly from conglomerates which are more difficult to be directly dated.

Cosmic ray exposure (CRE) dating and field mapping have been used and the age of some glacial deposits have been determined via 10Be and ³⁶Cl from conglomerates, for the first time in these mountains.