Quaternary Glaciations in the Andes of North-Central Chile

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Caviedes, Cesar N., Paskoff, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1975
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Austral; Aconcagua; Portillo; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000013472; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000013472

The extension of the Quaternary glaciations has been studied in the semi-arid Andes of north-central Chile, where the glacial modelling is striking. In the Elqui valley (lat. 30°S.), two glacial advances were identified reaching down to 3 100 m (Laguna glaciation) and 2500 m (Tapado glaciation). In...