The calving glaciers of southern South America

• Main Authors: Warren, Charles Raymond, Aniya, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: calving glaciers; Patagonia; South America; CHILEAN PATAGONIA; PIO-XI; YOUNGER DRYAS; SAN-RAFAEL; RECENT FLUCTUATIONS; LAST GLACIATION; CLIMATIC-CHANGE; ICEFIELD; HOLOCENE; ANDES; Marinelli; Moreno; Tidewater; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-calving-glaciers-of-southern-south-america(e1d1bfdd-e1e2-45bc-a718-a661d15a6cba).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033406256&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Calving glaciers constitute a great majority of all glaciers in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and are dynamically important elements of the southern South American icefields. Large numbers of tidewater glaciers calve into the Chilean fjords, and many outlet glaciers terminate in proglacial lakes....