Influence of climate change on the postglacial evolution of Patagonian glaciers and response of the solid earth

Patagonian glaciers are currently retreating at an alarming rate, due to the combined effect of increasing atmospheric temperature and decreasing precipitation. This project aims to assess the influence of climate change on the Holocene evolution of Patagonian glaciers, and ultimately evaluate the impact of glacier mass variations on the isostasy of the underlying solid earth.

Keywords:Climate Change, Last Deglaciation, Fjords, Patagonia, Glaciology, Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, Holocene, Sedimentology, Numerical Modelling

Disciplines:Glaciology, Modelling not elsewhere classified, Sedimentology, Palaeoclimatology, Geodynamics