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Towards accurate quantification of ice content in permafrost of the Central Andes – Part 1: Geophysics-based estimates from three different regions
Christin Hilbich
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Christian Hauck
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Coline Mollaret
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Pablo Wainstein
BGC Engineering Inc., Calgary, AB, T2E 7W6, Canada
Lukas U. Arenson
BGC Engineering Inc., Vancouver, BC, V6Z 0C8, Canada
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- Characterizing ground ice content and origin to better understand the seasonal surface dynamics of the Gruben rock glacier and the adjacent Gruben debris-covered glacier (southern Swiss Alps) J. Wee et al.
- Internal structure and water routing of an ice-debris landform assemblage using multiple geophysical methods in the semiarid Andes G. Navarro et al.
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- Pressurised water flow in fractured permafrost rocks revealed by borehole temperature, electrical resistivity tomography, and piezometric pressure M. Offer et al.
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- Evidence of Active Layer Thermal Instability in a Permafrost Environment of the Dry Andes (32°S) A. Bellisario & J. Janke
- Underestimated number and significance of rock glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau M. Feng et al.
- Spectral induced polarization measurements at different mountain permafrost landforms with varying ice contents T. Maierhofer et al.
- Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and challenges of mountain permafrost research in the Chilean and Argentinean Andes H. Fernández-Navarro et al.
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Short summary
In view of water scarcity in the Andes, the significance of permafrost as a future water resource is often debated focusing on satellite-detected features such as rock glaciers. We present data from > 50 geophysical surveys in Chile and Argentina to quantify the ground ice volume stored in various permafrost landforms, showing that not only rock glacier but also non-rock-glacier permafrost contains significant ground ice volumes and is relevant when assessing the hydrological role of permafrost.
In view of water scarcity in the Andes, the significance of permafrost as a future water...