Recent climate warming and the Varas rock glacier activity, Cordillera Oriental, Central Andes of Argentina

• Published in: GeoResJ
• Main Authors: Martini, Mateo Antonio, STRELIN, Jorge Adrián, Flores, Eliseo, Astini, Ricardo Alfredo, Kaplan, Michael R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: ROCK GLACIER; PROTALUS LOBE; WARMING TREND; PERMAFROST; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Varas; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/44907

Recent studies have revealed that in high-altitude mountain environments the global warming trend over the last few decades tends to be strongly amplified. However, few attempts have been made to monitor the possible effects of such climate changes on high-altitude rock glaciers. In this paper, we p...