Glacier and rock glacier changes since the 1950s in the La Laguna catchment, Chile

Abstract - 25.2 ± 4.6  % between 1956 and 2020, while the mass balance of Tapado Glacier has become steadily more negative, from being approximately in balance between 1956 and 1978 (- 0.04 ± 0.08  m w.e. a- 1 - 0.32 ± 0.08  m w.e. a- 1 - 0.54 ± 0.10  m w.e. a- 1 between 2012 and 2015. The rock glaciers within the La Laguna catchment show heterogenous changes, with some sections of landforms exhibiting pronounced elevation changes and surface velocities exceeding that of Tapado Glacier. This could be indicative of high ice contents within the landforms and also highlights the importance of considering how landforms can transition from more glacial landforms to more periglacial features under permafrost conditions. As such, we believe high-resolution (sub-metre) elevation changes and surface velocities are a useful first step for identifying ice-rich landforms.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Glacier and rock glacier changes since the 1950s in the La Laguna catchment, Chile ; volume:16 ; number:2 ; year:2022 ; pages:647-665 ; extent:19
The Cryosphere ; 16, Heft 2 (2022), 647-665 (gesamt 19)

Creator
Robson, Benjamin Aubrey
MacDonell, Shelley
Ayala, Álvaro
Bolch, Tobias
Nielsen, Pål Ringkjøb
Vivero, Sebastián

DOI
10.5194/tc-16-647-2022
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022022404230883881237
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Robson, Benjamin Aubrey
  • MacDonell, Shelley
  • Ayala, Álvaro
  • Bolch, Tobias
  • Nielsen, Pål Ringkjøb
  • Vivero, Sebastián

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