Browsing by Subject "Glaciers"
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(Frontiers Media, 2020)The Andes Cordillera contains the most diverse cryosphere on Earth, including extensive areas covered by seasonal snow, numerous tropical and extratropical glaciers, and many mountain permafrost landforms. Here, we review ...
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(Elsevier, 2017)Mass balance of a glacier is an accepted measure of how much mass a glacier gains or loses. In theory, it is typically computed by integral functional and empirically, it is approximated by arithmetic mean. However, the ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2000)Se presenta una síntesis de la investigación glaciológica realizada en Chile durante las últimas décadas, incluyendo los inventarios existentes, los balances de masa y las variaciones de glaciares, todo lo cual se analiza ...
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(Elsevier, 1999)Pio XI glacier, with an area of 1263 km 2 and a length of 65.7 km, is the largest of the Southern Patagonia Icefield (SPD. During the period 1945-1995 it experienced a net advance of ca. 10 km., a unique behavior considering ...
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(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Departamento de Geografía, 2013-12)Rock glaciers and debris covered glaciers are often understudied in comparison to their uncovered glacial counterparts (in which stunning surface ice is clearly visible). However, rock glaciers and debris covered glaciers ...