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July 13, 2017
Gabriel Quiroz Glacier, Chile Retreat Forms New Lake
Gabriel Quiroz Glacier, Chile in 1987 and 2016 Landsat images illustrates the retreat. Red arrow is 1987 terminus, yellow arrow the 2016 terminus, purple arrow a retreating northern tributary and purpe dots the snowline. Gabriel Quiroz Glacier is a northern outlet glacier of the Southern Patagonia Icefield that drains into the Rio Pascua. The glacier in 1987 terminated within 250 m of Lago Gabriel Quiroz. Willis et al (2012) observed that between February 2000 …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.