Geoindicadores criosféricos en los Andes Centrales del NW de Argentina

Abstract

“Cryospheric geoindicators in Central Andes, Argentine NW”. Geoindicators are measures (magnitudes, frequences, rates and trends) of geological processes and phenomena occurring at or near the Earth’s surface and subject to changes that are significant for understanding environmental change over periods of 100 years or less. Four cryospheric geoindicators of global climate change have been identified that are aplicable to monitoring and assessing geological changes in this mountain region with andean permafrost. Examples of typical cryospheric indicators are given and briefly describe.