Héritages glaciaires, périglaciaires et évolution récente : le cas du Nevado Coropuna (Andes centrales, sud du Pérou)

• Published in: Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement
• Main Authors: Forget, Marie-Emilie, Thouret, Jean-Claude, Kuentz, Adèle, Fontugne, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Groupe français de géomorphologie 2008
• Subjects: Andes centrales; calotte glaciaire; fluctuations climatiques; glacier rocheux; modelé glaciaire; Nevado Coropuna (Pérou); Central Andes; climatic fluctuations; glacial landform; ice cap; Nevado Coropuna (Peru); rock glacier; geo; envir; Ela; Ice; Ice cap; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.6383; http://journals.openedition.org/geomorphologie/6383

Tropical glaciers are very sensitive to climatic variations such as those induced by the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the central Andes. To better decipher the short-term climatic fluctuations that occurred in this region, it has been necessary to identify and date inherited glacial and pe...