Permafrost creep and rock glacier dynamics

W Haeberli, B Hallet, L Arenson… - Permafrost and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This review paper examines thermal conditions (active layer and permafrost), internal
composition (rock and ice components), kinematics and rheology of creeping perennially …

[图书][B] The periglacial environment

HM French - 2017 - books.google.com
The Periglacial Environment, Fourth Edition, is an authoritative overview of the world's cold,
non-glacial environments. First published in 1976 and subsequently revised in 1996 and …

Post‐little ice age paraglacial processes and landforms in the high Iberian mountains: A review

E Serrano, M Oliva, M González‐García… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Three Iberian mountain ranges encompassed glaciers during the Little Ice Age (LIA): the
Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. The gradual warming trend initiated …

Permafrost distribution in the European Alps: calculation and evaluation of an index map and summary statistics

L Boeckli, A Brenning, S Gruber, J Noetzli - The Cryosphere, 2012 - tc.copernicus.org
The objective of this study is the production of an Alpine Permafrost Index Map (APIM)
covering the entire European Alps. A unified statistical model that is based on Alpine-wide …

Frost weathering and rockwall erosion in the southeastern Swiss Alps: Long-term (1994–2006) observations

N Matsuoka - Geomorphology, 2008 - Elsevier
Rates and processes of frost weathering in the Alps were investigated by visual
observations of intensively shattered rocks, continuous monitoring of frost wedging and rock …

[图书][B] Geocryology: characteristics and use of frozen ground and permafrost landforms

SA Harris, A Brouchkov, C Guodong - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground
called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of …

Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors

Q Zhang, N Jia, H Xu, C Yi, N Wang, L Zhang - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Rock glaciers are linked to palaeoenvironment, water storage, sediment transport, and
natural hazards. Previous rock glacier studies have been conducted in many places …

Rock glaciers

JR Janke, T Bolch - Reference module in Earth …, 2021 - research-repository.st-andrews.ac …
Rock glaciers, a key element of alpine mountain geomorphic systems, consist of coarse
surface debris that insulates an ice-core or ice-debris mixture. Rates of movement of active …

Pebbly versus bouldery rock glaciers: Morphology, structure and processes

A Ikeda, N Matsuoka - Geomorphology, 2006 - Elsevier
Differences in rockwall geology cause two types of rock glaciers: a bouldery rock glacier,
having the active layer composed of matrix-free boulders derived from crystalline rocks and …

Characteristics and origin of rock glaciers in northern Tien Shan (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan)

T Bolch, AP Gorbunov - Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Northern Tien Shan is characterised by a distinct periglacial belt that contains
many rock glaciers with an area of 1 km2 or more. To investigate the reason for their large …