Monitoring of Mountain Permafrost in the Central Andes, Cordon del Plata, Mendoza, Argentina

• Main Authors: Dario Trombotto, Enrique Buk, José Hernández
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Argentina; Blanco; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199701)8:13.0.CO;2-M

Sixty per cent of the Rio Blanco basin (54 km2), located between 32°54′ and 33°01′S and between 69°27′ and 69°15′W, in the Cordón del Plata, Frontal Cordillera, can be considered to be periglacial. The most important forms in the area are rock glaciers, two of which, Morenas Coloradas and El Salto,...