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Project
Influence of the westerlies on the Holocene variability of Patagonian glaciers
Patagonian glaciers are currently retreating at an alarming rate, due to the combined effect of increasing air temperature and decreasing precipitation. This project will generate new sediment records of Patagonian glacier variability to identify whether climate change equally affects glacier mass balance on the western (humid) and eastern (dry) sides of the southern Andes.
Date:1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2022
Keywords:Sedimentology, Fjords, Patagonia
Disciplines:Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified, Geomatic engineering not elsewhere classified, Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified, Geophysics not elsewhere classified, Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified, Applied mathematics in specific fields not elsewhere classified, Geology not elsewhere classified