Glaciers frozen to bedrock may have protected the southernmost Andes from erosion, providing an explanation for the mountains' topography and fresh constraints on possible links between climate and tectonics.
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Braun, J. Glaciers shield mountain tops. Nature 467, 281–282 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467281b
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