Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina

Pitte, Pierre; Masiokas, Mariano; Gargantini, Hernán; Ruiz, Lucas; Berthier, Étienne; Ferri, L.; Zalazar, Laura; Dussaillant, Inés; Viale, Maximiliano; Zorzut, Valentina; Corvalán, Ernesto; Pablo Scarpa, Juan; Costa, Gustavo; Villalba, Ricardo

doi:10.1017/jog.2022.22

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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina

Published in Journal of Glaciology • May 12, 2022

Authors:

Pierre Pitte

Mariano Masiokas

Hernán Gargantini

Abstract

Abstract The Desert Andes contain >4500 ice masses, but only a handful are currently being monitored. We present the mass changes of the small mountain glacier Agua Negra (1 km 2 ) and of the rest of glaciers in the Jáchal river basin. Remote-sensing data show Agua Negra glacier lost 23% of its area...

Subject

Glacier

Geology

Glacier mass balance

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