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Patagonian Ice Sheet

  • The Patagonian Icefields today
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • Patagonian Ice Sheet at the LGM
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • Glacial geomorphology of the Patagonian Ice Sheet
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • The westerly winds and the Patagonian Ice Sheet
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • Glaciolacustrine Landforms in Patagonia, Chile
  • PATICE
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • PATICE interactive map
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • Contribution to PATICE V2.0

This page summarises some of our recent research on the dynamics of Patagonian outlet glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum and following deglaciation. Pages on glacial landforms are especially relevant to the Geography A-Level curriculum.

Here, you can watch a seminar I gave about the Patagonian Ice Sheet:

 

Further reading:

  • Shrinking Patagonian Glaciers
  • Patagonian Ice Sheet thinning during a warming climate
  • Drumlins around Lago Viedma
  • Glaciolacustrine landforms in Patagonia

Related Articles

  • Shrinking Patagonian Glaciers
    Case Study
    Post-16
  • Patagonian Ice Sheet thinning during a changing climate
  • Drumlins
    Case Study
    Post-16

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