Cryogenic landforms in the Sierras de Alvear, Fuegian Andes, subantarctic Argentina

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Valcárcel Díaz, M., Carrera Gómez, P., Coronato, Andrea Maria Josefa, Castillo Rodríguez, F., Rabassa, Jorge Oscar, Pérez Alberti, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; CRYOGENIC LANDFORMS; CRYONIVAL MORPHODYNAMICS; FUEGIAN ANDES; SUBANTARCTIC; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Alberti; Alvear; Argentina; Austral; Carrera; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150963

A preliminary survey of periglacial landforms found in the Monte Alvear region of the Fuegian Andes, subantarctic Argentina has revealed the presence of nivation hollows, subnival 'boulder' (clast) pavements, protalus ramparts, debris lobes, patterned ground and cryo-ejected clasts. With t...