The 1980 Aparejo Glacier catastrophic detachment: new insights and current status

The catastrophic detachment of Aparejo Glacier (one of the three known cases in the Andes) took place on 1 March 1980 and resulted in the removal of an ice volume initially estimated to be 7.2 Mm3, which originally was 1.0 km long and covered an area of 0.2 km2. The event caused the sudden mobilizat...

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Main Authors: Felipe Ugalde, Gino Casassa, Cedomir Marangunic, Francisco Fernandoy, Jorge Carrasco, Franco Buglio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Water
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2024.1377216/full