Project

Paleo-GLOFs: Assessing the impact of climate change on the frequency of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Patagonia

Acroniem
Paleo-GLOFs
Code
3G0D7916
Looptijd
01-01-2016 → 31-12-2019
Financiering
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Geology
    • Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Trefwoorden
gletsjer sediment Fjord Patagonië
 
Projectomschrijving

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.