The Importance of Debris Glaciers in Debris Glaciers in the Geomorphological and Hydrological Systems of the Santiago Mountain Range: Fundamentals and First Results

• Main Author: BRENNING, ALEXANDER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Políticas, Instituto de Geografía 2021
• Subjects: Glaciares de escombros; permafrost; periglacial; Rubble’s glaciers; Alta; Hielo; Roca; Ice
• Online Access: https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/42865

The rock glaciers of the Andes of Santiago de Chile are unsuspicious, but important water resources and play a key role within the debris transport system of this semiarid high mountain area. The significance of these bodies of debris and ice within the geomorphologic and hydrologic system is shown...