Historical records of San Rafael glacier advances (North Patagonian Icefield): another clue to 'Little Ice Age' timing in southern Chile?

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dc.contributor.authorAraneda, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorTorrejon, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorAguayo, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Laura
dc.contributor.authorCruces, Fabiola
dc.contributor.authorCisternas, Marco
dc.contributor.authorUrrutia, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:05:20Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:05:20Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractPast ice lobe behaviour at Laguna San Rafael is described in documents provided by Spanish and then Chilean explorers from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. These records begin in AD 1675, when temperate conditions, probably similar to those at present, prevailed. At that point, the glacier was confined within its valley, not penetrating the Laguna. The glacier advanced noticeably during the nineteenth century and probably reached a maximum position for the 'Little Ice Age' around AD 1875. The historical sources suggest a slight retreat in AD 1904 in relation to the conditions prevailing 29 years earlier. The historical data show that the eighteenth to nineteenth century cooling period at San Rafael glacier was within the temporal window of the European 'Little Ice Age'. This work provides independent, direct historical evidence for the occurrence of this event in southern Chile.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0959683607082414
dc.identifier.issn0959-6836
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607082414
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95894
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000251541400012
dc.issue.numero7
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final998
dc.pagina.inicio987
dc.revistaHolocene
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjecthistorical records
dc.subjectglacier advances
dc.subject'Little Ice Age' (LIA)
dc.subjectsouthern Chile
dc.subjectNorth Patagonia Icefield
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleHistorical records of San Rafael glacier advances (North Patagonian Icefield): another clue to 'Little Ice Age' timing in southern Chile?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen17
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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