First ice thickness measurements in Tierra del Fuego at Schiaparelli Glacier, Chile

Gacitúa, Guisella; Schneider, Christoph; Arigony, Jorge; González, Inti; Jaña, Ricardo; Casassa, Gino

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-231-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-231-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-231-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Brief communication

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03 Feb 2021

Brief communication |

| 03 Feb 2021

First ice thickness measurements in Tierra del Fuego at Schiaparelli Glacier, Chile

Guisella Gacitúa, Christoph Schneider, Jorge Arigony, Inti González, Ricardo Jaña, and Gino Casassa

Data sets

Ice thickness observations in Glacier Schiaparelli, Cordillera Darwin, Chile G. Gacitúa, C. Schneider, and G. Casassa https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.919331

Short summary

We performed the first successful ice thickness measurements using terrestrial ground-penetrating radar in the ablation area of Schiaparelli Glacier (Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego, Chile). Data are fundamental to understand glaciers dynamics, constrain ice dynamical modelling, and predict glacier evolution. Results show a valley-shaped bedrock below current sea level; thus further retreat of Schiaparelli Glacier will probably lead to an enlarged and strongly over-deepened proglacial lake.