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November 15, 2018
Cerro Tronador Glacier, Argentina Retreat and Lake Formation
Cerro Tronador glaciers in Landsat images from 1985, 1998 and 2018. A=Alerce, CO=Castana Overo, VN=Ventisquero Negro. Red arrows mark the 1985 glacier terminus locations, yellow arrows the 2018 terminus location of VN, pink arrow the location of the 2009 dam breach outwash plain deposit, and purple arrow location of a bedrock outcrop. Cerro Tronador with a summit elevation of 3428 m straddles the Chile/Argentina border east of Lago Todos los …
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.