Recent fluctuations of the Argentinian glaciers

Some of the results obtained in the glaciological research carried out since 1979 at the Argentinian Andes are shown in this paper. The research covers a wide latitudinal gap extending from the Agua Negra glacier in the province of San Juan to the Frias glacier situated at Mount Tronador. Agua Negra and Piloto glaciers show a very similar behavior of almost continuous retreat since 1965 while at the Plomo region a small advance period, starting in 1982, is observed in five of the 10 glaciers studied. Finally, the Frias glacier fluctuations record shows a very strong recession since 1850 only interrupted by the 1976 advance that continued in 1977. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.