Resumen

RIVERA, Andrés; BOWN, Francisca; WENDT, Anja  y  BRAVO, Claudio. Recent glacier changes in southern Chile and in the Antartic Peninsula. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile) [online]. 2012, vol.40, n.1, pp. 39-44. ISSN 0718-686X.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-686X2012000100003.

A synthesis is presented of the recent glaciological research done by Centro de Estudios Científicos, CECS, in Chile and the Antarctic Peninsula by using a variety of modern methodologies with the aim of detecting glacier change trends throughout recent decades.

Palabras clave : Volcanic activity; glacier frontal; thickness; velocity changes; ice shelves collapse.