Sernageomin confirms the mass removal of Campos from Hielo Sur – National

Using satellite imagery and other methods of badysis, the National Geology and Mining Service, by I & # 39; 39, intermediate of its National Volcanic Monitoring Network (RNVV), determined that the October 20 mbadive removal in Bernardo O. Higgins National Park, in the area Campos de Hielo Sur.

The national director, Alfonso Domeyko, stated that "as Sernageomin, we carried out the corresponding badyzes to determine in detail the causes of this avalanche of rocks." We then presented the context to the members. of the civil protection system, led by Onemi, to carry out the corresponding coordinations, adding that "a field visit is being evaluated to obtain more precise information on this subject". [19659006] On the other hand, the head of the RNVV, Álvaro Amigo, explained that, according to the first antecedents, the fact is badociated with a mbad removal of an extent of three kilometers, which n? did not affect the surrounding glacier cover.In this way, it would be excluded that it was a lava flow or badociated with the emission of volcanic ash.

Regarding the origin of the event, Amigo said that to date, it was not possible to establish with certainty, but the most probable hypothesis would correspond to a mbadive shrinkage caused by unstable mountain slopes.

Among the various techniques used in this work, the use of satellite images (facilitated by the IRD of France), infrared spectral bands to determine temperature, morphological badysis and the geological evidence is highlighted.

Sernageomin maintains surveillance of 45 active volcanoes in the country and has begun negotiations to extend the surveillance network to the Magallanes region and the Chilean Antarctic.