Glacial Moraines in Peruvian Andes (IMAGE)

University of New Hampshire

Glacial Moraines in Peruvian Andes

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University of New Hampshire associate professor of Earth science Joe Licciardi, lead author of a new study in this week's Science, analyzed samples from glacial moraines on the slopes of Nevado Salcantay, a 20,000-foot-plus peak that is the highest in the Cordillera Vilcabamba range of southern Peru. The researchers' tents on the lower right of the photo provide scale.

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Joe Licciardi

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