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The early part of the last glacial period (referred to as Wurmian in the European Alps) was characterized by two long and relatively warm interstadials which can be traced and correlated across large parts of Europe. Detailed information about environmental changes and erosional/depositional processes during the Early to Middle Wurmian is available from sedimentary records preserved in glacially carved valleys and basins of the Alps and their forelands. Especially lacustrine sections best preserving palaeoenvironm...