Re: [Geology2] Glacial Thinning Has Sharply Accelerated at Major South American Icefields

What if the ice field thinning is caused by heat from below indicating more possible seismic unrest coming to the mountains of Patagonia? 

Patagonia

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, territory shared by Argentina and Chile, boasting some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the mountain range to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean. To the west, it includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago.

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:

A new study, however, finds that the rate of glacier thinning has increased by about half over the last dozen years in the Southern Patagonian Icefield, compared to the 30 years prior to 2000.