Lichenometry in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru: “Little Ice Age” moraine chronology |
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| Authors: | Olga Solomina Vincent Jomelli Georg Kaser Alcides Ames Bernhard Berger Bernard Pouyaud |
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| Institution: | aInstitute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Staromonetny-29, Moscow, 119017, Russia;bCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Paris, France;cInstitut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck, Austria;dHuaraz, Peru;eInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement, Lima, Peru |
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| Abstract: | This paper is a comparison and compilation of lichenometric and geomorphic studies performed by two independent teams in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, in 1996 and 2002 on 66 “Little Ice Age” moraines of 14 glaciers. Using eleven new control points, we recalibrated the initial rapid growth phase of the previously established Rhizocarpon subgenus Rhizocarpon growth curve. This curve was then used to estimate the age of “Little Ice Age” moraines. The time of deposition of the most prominent and numerous terminal and lateral moraines on the Pacific-facing side of the Cordillera Blanca (between AD 1590 and AD 1720) corresponds to the coldest and wettest phase in the tropical Andes as revealed by ice-core data. Less prominent advances occurred between AD 1780 and 1880. |
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| Keywords: | “ Little Ice Age” moraines Cordillera Blanca Lichenometry |
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