Permafrost creep and rockglaciers
Active rockglaciers are discussed as the visible expression of creep of alpine or mountain permafrost. They are mainly formed below talus slopes (talus rockglaciers) and below lateral and terminal moraines (debris rockglaciers). Rockglaciers prefer continental, comparatively dry, winter-cold mountai...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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July 1992
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Permafrost and periglacial processes
Year: 1992, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 175-188 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1530 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ppp.3430030303 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030303 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ppp.3430030303 
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| Author Notes: | Dietrich Barsch |
| Summary: | Active rockglaciers are discussed as the visible expression of creep of alpine or mountain permafrost. They are mainly formed below talus slopes (talus rockglaciers) and below lateral and terminal moraines (debris rockglaciers). Rockglaciers prefer continental, comparatively dry, winter-cold mountains. They are not well developed in high maritime and humid tropical mountains. Active rockglaciers are indicators of active mountain permafrost and, thus, of great geoecological information value. |
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| Item Description: | Elektronische Reproduktion der Druck-Ausgabe 3. August 2006 Gesehen am 13.03.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1099-1530 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ppp.3430030303 |