Mapping and permafrost altitudes in a periglacial environment: The Laguna del Diamante Reserve (Central Andes, Argentina)

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
• Main Authors: Alonso, Victoria, Trombotto, Dario Tomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gebruder Borntraeger
• Subjects: Mountain Landscape; Periglacial Environment; Permafrost Altitude; Diamante Caldera; Laguna del Diamante Reserve; Central Andes; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Diamante; Vulkan; Maipo; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/3018

The Laguna del Diamante Reserve, in the Province of Mendoza (Argentina), a protected area in a volcanic caldera (around 15 km in diameter), encloses the Maipo Volcano, 5,323 m (a snow and ice-capped volcano), and the Diamante Laguna at 3,300 m a. s. l., which constitutes an important water resource...