Rock‐glacier dams in High Asia
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DOI: 10.1002/esp.4532
Abstract: Rock glaciers in semiarid mountains contain large amounts of ice and might be important water stores aside from glaciers, lakes, and rivers. Yet whether and how rock glaciers interact with river channels in mountain valleys… read more here.
Keywords: rock glacier; rock glaciers; rock; river channels ... See more keywords
When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps)
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DOI: 10.1002/esp.5099
Abstract: The fronts of two rock glaciers located in South Tyrol (Italian Alps) failed on 13 August 2014, initiating debris flows in their downslope channels. A multimethod approach including climate, meteorological, and ground temperature data analysis,… read more here.
Keywords: rock glaciers; rock; south tyrol; tyrol italian ... See more keywords
Rock glaciers as proxy for machine learning based debris‐covered glacier mapping of Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh
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DOI: 10.1002/esp.5888
Abstract: This research introduces an innovative approach by utilising rock glaciers (RGs) as a proxy for mapping debris‐covered glaciers (DCGs). This approach focuses on the interconnected nature of glaciers, DCGs and RGs in a continuum where… read more here.
Keywords: kinnaur district; debris covered; machine learning; machine ... See more keywords
Erosion and sediment transfer processes at the front of rapidly moving rock glaciers: Systematic observations with automatic cameras in the western Swiss Alps
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DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1960
Abstract: When connected to torrential channels, the fronts of active rock glaciers constitute important sediment sources for gravitational transfer processes. In this study, a 2013–16 time series of in situ webcam images from the western Swiss… read more here.
Keywords: erosion; sediment transfer; rock glaciers; rock ... See more keywords
Surface macro‐fabric analysis of relict rock glaciers in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)
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DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2025
Abstract: Relict rock glaciers are widespread in the Cantabrian Mountains, with more than 250 lobate, tongued‐shaped and complex landforms identified. Located mostly within glacial cirques, facing north and northeast, these landforms are indicative of the distribution… read more here.
Keywords: fabric analysis; analysis; rock glaciers; macro fabric ... See more keywords
Divergent Responses of Alpine Rock Glaciers to Climate Change: A Review of Ecological and Abiotic Dynamics
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DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2278
Abstract: Periglacial processes and permafrost‐related landforms, such as rock glaciers, are particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their reliance on sustained low temperatures to maintain permafrost integrity. Rising temperatures lead to permafrost thawing, increased active… read more here.
Keywords: climate change; rock; ecological abiotic; rock glaciers ... See more keywords
Glaciation of alpine valleys: The glacier – debris-covered glacier – rock glacier continuum
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.015
Abstract: Abstract Alpine ice varies from pure ice glaciers to partially debris-covered glaciers to rock glaciers, as defined by the degree of debris cover. In many low- to mid-latitude mountain ranges, the few bare ice glaciers… read more here.
Keywords: topography; rock glacier; rock glaciers; debris covered ... See more keywords
Permafrost activity and atmospheric warming in the Argentinian Andes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.09.005
Abstract: Abstract Rock glaciers are permafrost or glacial landforms of debris and ice that deform under the influence of gravity. Recent estimates hold that, in the semiarid Chilean Andes for example, active rock glaciers store more… read more here.
Keywords: active rock; argentinian andes; rock glacier; rock glaciers ... See more keywords
Rock glaciers in Pearse Valley, Antarctica record outlet and alpine glacier advance from MIS 5 through the Holocene
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.03.019
Abstract: Abstract Rock glaciers and buried ice are common in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In central Taylor and Pearse valleys rock glaciers cover at least 10% of the valley walls and occur at elevations of… read more here.
Keywords: rock glacier; valley; rock glaciers; rock ... See more keywords
Slow dynamics in debris-covered and rock glaciers in Hofsdalur, Tröllaskagi Peninsula (northern Iceland)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.06.005
Abstract: Abstract The results of previous work on the dynamics of the debris-covered and rock glaciers in Trollaskagi are contradictory. To improve our knowledge of these dynamics and determine the origin and evolution of these landforms,… read more here.
Keywords: dynamics debris; block; rock glaciers; debris covered ... See more keywords
An inventory-driven rock glacier status model (intact vs. relict) for South Tyrol, Eastern Italian Alps
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106887
Abstract: Ice presence in rock glaciers is a topic that is likely to gain importance in the future due to the expected decrease in water supply from glaciers and the increase of mass movements originating in… read more here.
Keywords: status; rock glacier; rock glaciers; intact relict ... See more keywords