Beyond confusion: Rock glaciers as cryo-conditioned landforms

I Berthling - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
Whether rock glaciers are permafrost creep features or may also be related to glaciers in
non-permafrost environments, and whether they should be defined by genesis or …

石冰川形成机制, 运动特征及水文效应研究进展

周宇, 李国玉, 马巍, 金会军, 陈敦, 毛云程, 杜青松 - 冰川冻土, 2023 - geores.com.cn
石冰川是含冰的舌状或叶状多年冻结地质体, 广泛分布于全球范围内的高海拔和高纬度冰缘区,
是多年冻土边界的重要代用指标. 活动型石冰川沿山谷/坡向下缓慢蠕动, 其活动性在全球变暖 …

Influence of rock mass strength on the erosion rate of alpine cliffs

JR Moore, JW Sanders, WE Dietrich… - Earth Surface …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Collapse of cliff faces by rockfall is a primary mode of bedrock erosion in alpine
environments and exerts a first‐order control on the morphologic development of these …

Reconsidering the glacier to rock glacier transformation problem: New insights from the central Andes of Chile

S Monnier, C Kinnard - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
The glacier to rock glacier transformation problem is revisited from a previously unseen
angle. A striking case in the Juncal Massif (located in the upper Aconcagua Valley, Chilean …

Rock glacier dynamics in Southern Carpathian Mountains from high-resolution optical and multi-temporal SAR satellite imagery

M Necsoiu, A Onaca, S Wigginton, P Urdea - Remote sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The dynamics of rock glaciers in marginal periglacial environments are poorly understood,
especially in Eastern Europe where the enhanced continentality produces a distinct pattern …

Glaciers, rock avalanches and the 'buzzsaw'in cirque development: Why mountain cirques are of mainly glacial origin

IS Evans - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Relict talus‐foot rock glaciers at Øyberget, upper Ottadalen, southern Norway: Schmidt hammer exposure ages and palaeoenvironmental implications

JA Matthews, A Nesje, H Linge - Permafrost and Periglacial …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Three relict talus‐foot rock glaciers at Øyberget, upper Ottadalen, were dated using high‐
precision Schmidt hammer exposure‐age dating (SHD). A SHD calibration curve was …

[HTML][HTML] Morphometry and morphology of fan-shaped landforms in the high-Arctic settings of central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

AM Tomczyk - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the distribution, morphometry and morphology of alluvial fans and colluvial
cones were investigated in a high-Arctic, periglacial environment. The main aims were to …

Evidence for rapid paraglacial formation of rock glaciers in southern Norway from 10Be surface-exposure dating

H Linge, A Nesje, JA Matthews, D Fabel… - Quaternary Research, 2020 - cambridge.org
We evaluate the timing and environmental controls on past rock-glacier activity at Øyberget,
upper Ottadalen, southern Norway, using in situ 10Be surface-exposure dating on (1) …

Factors controlling the distribution of mountain permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere and their influence on sediment transfer

B Etzelmüller, R Frauenfelder - Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The distribution of mountain permafrost in the northern hemisphere depends on topographic
and climatic factors, ranging from the maritime conditions of Iceland over transitional …