Glacier mass balance reconstruction by sublimation induced enrichment of chemical species on Cerro Tapado (Chilean Andes)

• Main Authors: Ginot, P., Kull, C., Schotterer, U., Schwikowski, M., Gäggeler, H. W.
• Other Authors: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universität Bern / University of Bern (UNIBE), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), PAGES International Project Office, Physikalisches Institut Bern
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Soi; ice core
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00298115; https://hal.science/hal-00298115/document; https://hal.science/hal-00298115/file/cpd-1-169-2005.pdf

International audience A 36 m long ice core down to bedrock from the Cerro Tapado glacier (5536 m a.s.l., 30°08' S, 69°55' W) was analyzed to reconstruct past climatic conditions for Northern Chile. Because of the marked seasonality in the precipitation (short wet winter and extended dry s...