Acronym
Paleo-GLOFs
Code
3G0D7916
Duration
01 January 2016 → 31 December 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Geology
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Keywords
glacier
sediment
fjords
Patagonia
Project description
The frequency and magnitude of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) seem to have increased worldwide in the last decades, although there is currently no reliable scientific evidence supporting this claim. This project will investigate changes in GLOF frequency in Patagonia during the late Holocene (the last ~3000 years) by studying flood deposits recorded in the sediments of Baker fjord.