Current State and Recent Changes of glaciers in the Patagonian Andes (~37 °S to 55 °S)

• Main Authors: Ruiz, Lucas Ernesto, Pitte, Pedro Miguel, Rivera, Andres, Schaefer, M., Masiokas, Mariano Hugo
• Other Authors: Mataloni, Gabriela, Quintana, Ruben Dario
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Subjects: PATAGONIAN GLACIERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOFS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Glacial Lake; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/203312

This chapter addresses the distribution and characteristics of the Patagonian glaciers together with their recent changes and hydrological implications. Recently published national glacier inventories for the Andes between ca. 37 °S and 55 °S indicate that this region contains 24,000 ice masses cove...