Beyond confusion: Rock glaciers as cryo-conditioned landforms

Geomorphology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 98-106

  Berthling, Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Debris covered glacier; Emergence; Landform classification; Permafrost; Rock glacier; Thermal conditioning

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79958737475     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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