Glaciers, rock avalanches and the ‘buzzsaw’ in cirque development: Why mountain cirques are of mainly glacial origin
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DOI: 10.1002/esp.4810
Abstract: It has been proposed that most cirques are source‐area depressions of large, deep‐seated rock‐slope failures. Yet the close relation between cirques and climate is convincing evidence of the dominance of glacial erosion, rather than rock‐slope… read more here.
Keywords: mountain; cirque; cirque development; glaciers rock ... See more keywords