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 …

Southern Carpathian rock glaciers: Inventory, distribution and environmental controlling factors

A Onaca, F Ardelean, P Urdea, B Magori - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Rock glaciers are valuable diagnostic landforms indicating permafrost creeping during their
genesis and activity. Based on the analysis of high quality air-orthophoto and field work, a …

Rock glacier activity in the Retezat mountains, Southern Carpathians, Romania

A Vespremeanu‐Stroe, P Urdea… - Permafrost and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal conditions in seven rock glaciers (RGs) in the Retezat Mountains were examined
using ground surface temperature, the bottom temperature of snow (BTS) and late‐summer …

Detection of mountain permafrost by combining conventional geophysical methods and thermal monitoring in the Retezat Mountains, Romania

A Onaca, AC Ardelean, P Urdea, F Ardelean… - Cold Regions Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
A combined approach consisting in thermal monitoring and geophysical investigations by
means of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography was used to …

Internal structure and permafrost characteristics of the rock glaciers of Southern Carpathians (Romania) assessed by geoelectrical soundings and thermal monitoring

AL Onaca, P Urdea, AC Ardelean - Geografiska Annaler: Series A …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Six rock glaciers in the outhern arpathians have been investigated by means of geoelectrical
soundings in order to detect their internal stratigraphy and the existence of frozen sediments …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal reconstruction of anthropogenically accelerated soil creep: Bâlea glacial valley, Făgăraş Mountains, Romanian Carpathians

R Feher, M Voiculescu, K Šilhán - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil creep is a slow gravitational process. It differs from other catastrophic slope processes
such as landslides, snow avalanches, and rockfalls in its dynamics and character. However …

Snow avalanches in relation to tourism and transportation activities in the Făgăraş Mountains, Romanian Carpathians

M Voiculescu, M Török-Oance, P Chiroiu, F Popescu - Anthropocene, 2023 - Elsevier
In mountainous regions, avalanches can seriously damage tourist infrastructure, roads, and
forests and lead to loss of human life. The analyses were performed in the Făgăraş …

Recent landform evolution in the Romanian Carpathians and Pericarpathian regions

D Bălteanu, M Jurchescu, V Surdeanu, I Ionita… - … Landform Evolution: The …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract In the Romanian Carpathians, developed on crystalline and volcanic rocks, the
main geomorphological processes are rockfalls, debris flows, and topples. In the eastern …

[PDF][PDF] Spatiotemporal reconstruction of anthropogenically accelerated soil creep: Bâlea glacial valley, Fagaras Mountains, Romanian Carpathians

R Feher, M Voiculescu, K Šilhán - Catena, 2024 - researchgate.net
Soil creep is a slow gravitational process. It differs from other catastrophic slope processes
such as landslides, snow avalanches, and rockfalls in its dynamics and character. However …

[PDF][PDF] Assessement of internal structure of periglacial landforms from southern Carpathians (Romania) using DC resistivity tomography

A Onaca, P Urdea, A Ardelean… - Carpathian Journal of …, 2013 - researchgate.net
This study presents the use of DC resistivity tomography for the detection of periglacial
landforms structure from Southern Carpathians. Direct-current (DC) resistivity tomography …