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The map above shows sites around
the globe where Ohio State paleoclimatology researchers have
drilled and retrieved ice cores. |
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This map shows the location of
the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru and other ice caps and glaciers
along the Andes in that country. |
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- This view of the Qori Kalis glacier
flowing out from the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru shows both the
retreat of the ice tongue in 2000. The closest shore of the lake
approximates how far the margin of the ice extended in 1978.
The ridge line on the left and right of the glacial "trough"
are the moraines formed by the glacier's farthermost movement.
[Photo Tom Nash.]
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