LATE PLEISTOCENE ICE FLUCTUATIONS AND GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE ARCHIPIELAGO DE CHILOE, SOUTHERN CHILE

• Published in: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
• Main Author: Garcia, Juan L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2024
• Subjects: Patagonian ice sheet; Llanquihue Glaciation; glacial geomorphology; Chiloe; glacial landsystems; GRANDE-DE-CHILOE; LAKE DISTRICT; ISLA-GRANDE; ABRUPT VEGETATION; LLANQUIHUE DRIFT; NORTHERN ISLA; CLIMATE; CHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; MAXIMUM; 13 Climate Action; 13 Acción por el clima; Patagonia; Pacific; De la Costa; isla Grande; Llanquihue; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76141; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00471.x

Most of the last glacial maximum (LGM) glacier record west of the southern Andes (40-55 degrees S) is today submerged under the Pacific Ocean and therefore the Archipielago de Chiloe (42-43 degrees S) provides an unusual opportunity to study local sediment and landform associations to help understan...