Stratified slope deposits: Periglacial and other processes involved

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 354, Issue , 2011, Pages 213-226

  Van Steijn, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; EOLIAN PROCESS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; OVERLAND FLOW; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; ROCKFALL; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SLOPE; SNOW AVALANCHE; SOLIFLUCTION; STRATIFIED FLUID;

CHARENTE; FRANCE; POITOU-CHARENTES;

EID: 79958819804     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP354.14     Document Type: Article

References (90)

1. Allen, J. R. L. 1972. Intensity of deposition from avalanches and the loose packing of avalanche deposits. Sedimentology, 18, 105-111.
2. Anderson, E. & Harrison, S. 2007. Late Quaternary paraglacial sedimentation in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, southwest Ireland. Irish Geography, 39, 69-77.
3. Ballantyne, C. K. 2002. Paraglacial geomorphology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 1935-2017.
4. Benedict, J. B. 1976. Frost creep and gelifluction features: a review. Quaternary Research, 6, 55-76.
5. Bertran, P. 2005. Stratigraphie du site des Peyrugues (Lot), une coupe de référence pour le dernier Plénigla-ciaire en Aquitaine. Quaternaire, 16, 25-44.
6. Bertran, P. & Texier, J. P. 1994. Structures sédimentaires dans un cône de flot de débris (Vars, Alpes françaises méridionales). Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 5, 155-170.
7. Bertran, P. & Texier, J. P. 1999. Facies and microfacies of slope deposits. Catena, 35, 99-121.
8. Bertran, P. & Coutard, J. P. 2004. Solifluxion. In: Bertran, P. (ed.) Dépôts de pente continentaux. Dynamique et faciès. Quaternaire, International Journal of the French Quaternary Association, Paris. Hors-Série Numéro 1-2004, 84-109.
9. Bertran, P. & Jomelli, V. 2004. Avalanches, coulées de slush. In: Bertran, P. (ed.) Dépôts de pente continentaux. Dynamique et faciès. Quaternaire, International Journal of the French Quaternary Association, Paris. Hors-Série Numéro 1-2004, 62-80.
10. Bertran, P., Coutard, J. P., Francou, B., Ozouf, J. C. & Texier, J. P. 1992. Données nouvelles sur l'origine du litage des grèzes: implications paléoclimatiques. Géographie physique et Quatarnaire, 46, 97-112.
11. Bertran, P., Francou, B. & Pech, P. 1993. Stratogenèse associée à la dynamique des coulées à front pierreux en milieu alpin, La Mortice, Alpes méridionales, France. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 47, 93-100.
12. Bertran, P., Coutard, J. P., Francou, B., Ozouf, J. C. & Texier, J. P. 1994. New data on grèzes bedding and their palaeoclimatic implications. In: Evans, D. J. A (ed.) Cold Climate Landforms. Wiley, New York, 437-454.
13. Bertran, P., Francou, B. & Texier, J. P. 1995a. Stratified slope deposits: the stone-banked sheets and lobes model. In: Slaymaker, O. (ed.) Steepland Geomorphology. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 147-170.
14. Bertran, P., Coutard, J. P., Ozouf, J. C. & Texier, J. P. 1995b. Dépôts de pente calcaires du nord de l'Aquitaine. Répartition stratigraphique et géographique des faciès. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Neue Folge, 39, 29-54.
15. Bertran, P., Hétu, B., Texier, J. P. & Van Steijn, H. 1997. Fabric characteristics of subaerial slope deposits. Sedimentology, 44, 1-16.
16. Blijenberg, H. M. 1998. Rolling stones? Triggering and frequency of hillslope debris flows in the Bachelard Valley, southern French Alps. PhD thesis, Utrecht University.
17. Blikra, L. H. & Nemec, W. 1998. Postglacial colluvium in western Norway: depositional processes, facies and palaeoclimatic record. Sedimentology, 45, 909-959.
18. Blikra, L. H. & Selvik, S. F. 1998. Climatic signals recorded in snow avalanche-dominated colluvium in western Norway: depositional facies successions and pollen records. The Holocene, 8, 631-658.
19. Cailleux, A. 1948. Etudes de cryopédologie. Centre de Documentation Universitaire, Paris.
20. Carniel, P. & Scheidegger, A. E. 1974. Morphometry of an Alpine scree slope. Revista Italiana di Geografica, 23, 95-100.
21. Church, M. & Ryder, J. M. 1972. Paraglacial sedimentation: a consideration of fluvial processes conditioned by glaciation. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 83, 3059-3071.
22. De Blasio, F. V. & Saeter, M.-B. 2009. Small-scale experimental simulation of talus evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1685-1692.
23. Descroix, L. 1989. La mesure de l'érosion actuelle dans les terres noires des Prealpes du Sud: recherches sur petites parcelles experimentales. Bulletin du Laboratoire rhodanien de Geomorphologie (Lyon), 23-24, 11-26.
24. Dewolf, Y. 1988. Stratified slope deposits. In: Clark, M. J. (ed.) Advances in Periglacial Geomorphology. Wiley, New York, 91-110.
25. Dorren, L. K. A. 2003. A review of rockfall mechanics and modelling approaches. Progress in Physical Geography, 27, 69-87.
26. Dylik, J. 1960. Rhythmically stratified slope waste deposits. Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, 8, 31-41.
27. Dylik, J. 1969. Slope development under periglacial conditions in the Łodz, region. Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, 18, 381-410.
28. Eaton, L. S., Morgan, B. A., Kochel, R. C. & Howard, A. D. 2003. Quaternary deposits and landscape evolution of the central Blue Ridge of Virginia. Geomorphology, 56, 139-154.
29. Francou, B. 1988. Eboulis stratifies dans les Hautes Andes Centrales du Perou. Zeitschriftfur Geomorphologie, Neue Folge, 32, 47-76.
30. Francou, B. 1989. La stratogenese dans les formations de pente soumises a l'action du gel. Bulletin de l'Association francaise pour l'étude du Quaternaire, 26, 185-199.
31. Francou, B. 1990. Stratification mechanisms in slope deposits in high subequatorial mountains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1, 249-263.
32. French, H. M. 2007. The Periglacial Environment, 3rd edn. Wiley, Chichester.
33. French, H. M. & Thorn, C. E. 2006. The changing nature of periglacial geomorphology. Geomorphologie: Relief Processus, Environnement, 3, 165-174.
34. Garci{dotless}́a-Ruiz, J. M., Valero-Garcés, B., González-Sampériz, P., Lorente, A., Martí-Bono, C, Beguería, S. & Edwards, L. 2001. Stratified scree in the Central Spanish Pyrenees: Palaeoenvironmental implications. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12, 233-242.
35. Gardner, Th. W., Ritter, J. B., Shuman, Chr. A., Bell, J. C, Sasowsky, K. C. & Pinter, N. 1991. A periglacial stratified slope deposit in the Valley and Ridge Province of Central Pennsylvania, USA: sedimentology, stratigraphy, and geomorphic evolution. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2, 141-162.
36. Guillien, Y. 1951. Les grezes litees de Charentes. Revue geographique des Pyrenees et du Sud-Ouest, 22, 154-162.
37. Hall, K. 1999. The role of thermal stress fatigue in the breakdown of rock in cold regions. Geomorphology, 31, 47-63.
38. Hall, K., Thorn, C. E., Matsuoka, N. & Prick, A. 2002. Weathering in cold regions: some thoughts and perspectives. Progress in Physical Geography, 26, 577-604.
39. Hallet, B., Walder, J. S. & Stubbs, C. W. 1991. Weathering by segregation ice growth in microcracks at sustained subzero temperatures: verification from an experimental study using acoustic emissions. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2, 283-300.
40. Harmand, D., Weisrock, A. & Deshaies, M. 1995. Enseignements de l'Etude Morphosedimentaire de la Greziere de Tillysur-Meuse. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 109-118.
41. Harris, Ch. 1998. The micromorphology of paraglacial and periglacial slope deposits: a case study from Morfa Bychan, West Wales, UK. Journal of Quaternary Science, 13, 73-84.
42. Harris, S. A. & Prick, A. 2000. Conditions of formation of stratified screes, Slims River Valley, Yukon Territory: a possible analogue with some slope deposits from Belgium. Earth Surface Processes and Land-forms, 25, 463-481.
43. Hétu, B. 1990. Evolution recente d'un talus d'éboulis en milieu forestier, Gaspesie, Quebec. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 44, 199-215.
44. Hétu, B. 1991. Eboulis stratifies actifs pres de Manched'Epee, Gaspesie (Quebec, Canada). Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Neue Folge, 35, 439-461.
45. Hétu, B. 1995. Le litage des eboulis stratifies cryonivaux en Gaspesie (Quebec, Canada): role de la sedimentation niveoeolienne et des transits supranivaux. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 147-171.
46. Hétu, B. & Vandelac, P. 1989. La dynamique des éboulis schisteux au cours de l'hiver, Gaspesie septentrionale, Quebec. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 43, 389-406.
47. Hétu, B. & Gray, J. T. 2000. Effects of environmental change on scree slope development throughout the postglacial period in the Chic-Choc Mountains in the northern Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec. Geomorphology, 32, 335-355.
48. Hétu, B., Van Steijn, H. & Vandelac, P. 1994. Les coulees de pierres glacees: un nouveau type de coulees de pierraille sur les talus d'éboulis. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 48, 3-22.
49. Hétu, B., Van Steijn, H. & Bertran, P. 1995. Le role des coulees de pierres seches dans la genese d'un certain type d'éboulis stratifies. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 173-194.
50. Johnson, A. M. & Rodine, J. D. 1984. Debris flows. In: Brunsden, D. & Prior, D. B. (eds) Slope Instability. Wiley, London.
51. Jomelli, V. 1997. Geodynamique des depots d'avalanches: analyses morphometriques et sedimentologiques. Unpublished PhD thesis, Universite de Paris 7, Paris.
52. Jomelli, V. 1999a. Depots d'avalanches dans les Alpes Francaises: geometrie, sedimentologie et geodynamique depuis le Petit Age Glaciaire. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 53, 199-209.
53. Jomelli, V. 1999b. Les effets de la fonte sur la sedimentation de depots d'avalanche de neige chargee dans le massif des Ecrins (Alpes francaises). Geomorphologie: Relief Processus, Environnement, 5, 39-57.
54. Jomelli, V. & Bertran, P. 2001. Wet snow avalanche deposits in the French Alps: structure and sedimentology. Geografiska Annaler, 83A, 15-28.
55. Jomelli, V., Brunstein, D., Chochillon, C. & Pech, P. 2003. Hillslope debris flows frequency since the begin ning of the 20th century in the Massif des Ecrins (French Alps). In: Rickenmann, D. & Chen, Ch. (eds) Debris- flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment. Millpress, Rotterdam, 127-137.
56. Jomelli, V., Pech, P., Chochillon, C. & Bunstein, D. 2004. Geomorphic variations of debris flows andrecent climatic change in the French Alps. Climatic Change, 64, 77-102.
57. Karte, J. 1983. Grèzes litées as a special type of periglacial slope sediments in the German highlands. Polarforschung, 53, 67-74.
58. Lafortune, M., Filion, L. & Hétu, B. 1997. Dynamique d'un front forestier sur un talus d'éboulis actif en climat tempéré froid (Gaspésie, Québec). Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 51, 67-80.
59. Laurain, M., Guérin, H., Marre, A. & Richard, J. 1995. Processus génétiques à l'origine des formations de pentes à graviers de craie en Champagne. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 103-108.
60. Leopold, M. & Völkel, J. 2003. GPR images of periglacial slope deposits beneath peat bogs in the Central European Highlands, Germany. In: Bristow, C. S. & Jol, H. M. (eds) Ground Penetrating Radar in Sediments. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, London, 211, 181-189.
61. Leopold, M., Dethier, D., Völkel, J., Raab, Th., Corson Rikert, T. & Caine, N. 2008. Using geophysical methods to study the shallow subsurface of a sensitive alpine environment, Niwot Ridge, Colorado Front Range, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 40, 519-530.
62. Lowe, D. R. 1976. Subaqueous liquefied and fluidized sediment flows and their deposits. Sedimentology, 23, 285-308.
63. Luckman, B. H. 1988. Debris accumulation patterns on talus slopes in Surprise valley, Alberta. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 42, 247-278.
64. Marion, J., Filion, L. & Hétu, B. 1995. The Holocene development of a debris slope in subarctic Québec, Canada. The Holocene, 5, 409-419.
65. Matsuoka, N. 1991. A model of the rate of frost shattering: application to field data from Japan, Svalbard and Antarctica. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2, 271-281.
66. Matsuoka, N., Hirakawa, K., Watanabe, T. & Moriwaki, K. 1997. Monitoring of periglacial slope processes in the Swiss Alps: the first two years of frost shattering, heave and creep. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 8, 155-177.
67. McCarroll, D. 1993. Modelling Late-Holocene snow-avalanche activity: incorporating a new approach to lichenometry. Earth Surface Processes and Land-forms, 18, 527-539.
68. McCarroll, D., Matthews, J. A. & Shakesby, R. A. 1995. Late-Holocene snow-avalanche activity in southern Norway: interpreting lichen size-frequency distributions using an alternative to simulation modelling. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 20, 465-471.
69. Morgan, R. P. C. 1995. Soil Erosion & Conservation, 2nd edn. Longman, Essex.
70. Mori, J., Fukui, K., Sone, T., Strelin, J. & Torielli, C. 2007. Internal structure of stone-banked lobes and terraces on Rink Plateau, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region. Polish Polar Research, 28, 23-30.
71. Nemec, W. & Kazanci, N. 1999. Quaternary colluvium in west-central Anatolia: sedimentary facies and palaeo-climatic significance. Sedimentology, 46, 139-170.
72. Nieuwenhuijzen, M. E. & Van Steijn, H. 1990. Alpine debris flows and their sedimentary properties. A case study from the French Alps. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1, 111-128.
73. Ozouf, J. C., Coutard, J. P. & Lautridou, J. P. 1995a. Grèzes, grèzes litées: Historique des définitions. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 85-87.
74. Ozouf, J. C., Texier, J. P., Bertran, P. & Coutard, J. P. 1995b. Quelques coupes caractéristiques dans les dépôts de versant d'Aquitaine septentrionale: Faciès et interprétation dynamique. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 89-101.
75. Pappalardo, M. & Spagnolo, M. 1999. A peculiar stratified slope deposit in the Val Grande di Palanfré (Southern Maritime Alps). Accademia Scienza di Torino - Atti Scienza Fisici, 133, 1-11.
76. Pérez, F. L. 1998. Talus fabric, clast morphology, and botanical indicators of slope processes on the Chaos Crags (California Cascades). Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 52, 47-68.
77. Ryder, J. M. 1971. The stratigraphy and morphology of paraglacial alluvial fans in south-central British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 8, 279-298.
78. Smoot, J. P. 2004. Sedimentary fabrics of stratified slope deposits at a site near Hoover's Camp, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file Report, 2004-1059.
79. Takahashi, T. 1978. Mechanical characteristics of debris flows. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 104, 1153-1169.
80. Takahashi, T. 1980. Debris flow on prismatic open channel. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 106, 381-396.
81. Texier, J. P. & Meireles, J. 2003. Relict mountain slope deposits in northern Portugal: facies, sedimentogenesis and environmental implications. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18, 133-150.
82. Todisco, D., Bertran, P. & Pech, P. 2000. Déplacements superficiels et contrôle climatique des coulées à front pierreux de La Mortice, Haute-Ubaye, Alpes Françaises du Sud. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 11, 97-108.
83. Tricart, J. 1967. Le modelé des régions périglaciaires. In: Tricart, J. & Cailleux, A. Traité de géomorphologie (Tome II). Société d'Edition d'Enseignement Supérieur (SEDES), Paris.
84. Van Steijn, H. & Hétu, B. 1997. Rain-generated overland flow as a factor in the development of some stratified slope deposits: a case study from the Pays du Buech (Prealpes, France). Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, 51, 3-15.
85. Van Steijn, H., De Ruig, J. & Hoozemans, F. 1988. Morphological and mechanical aspects of debris flows in parts of the French Alps. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Neue Folge, 32, 143-161.
86. Van Steijn, H., Bertran, B., Francou, B., Hétu, B. & Texier, J. P. 1995. Models for the genetic and environmental interpretation of stratified slope deposits: review. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6, 125-146.
87. Van Steijn, H., Boelhouwers, J., Harris, S. & Hétu, B. 2002. Recent research on the nature, origin and climatic relations of blocky and stratified slope deposits. Progress in Physical Geography, 26, 551-575.
88. Van Vliet-Lanoë, B. 1987. Dynamique periglaciaire actuelle et passee. Apport de l'étude micromorphologique et de l'experimentation. Bulletin de l'Association Française pour l'étude du Quaternaire, 31, 113-132.
89. Völkel, J. & Mahr, A. 2001. Die IRSL-Datierung von periglazialen Hangsedimenten - Ergebnisse aus dem Bayerischen Wald. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Neue Folge, 45, 295-305.
90. Völkel, J., Leopold, M. & Roberts, M. C. 2001. The radar signatures and age of periglacial slope deposits, Central Highlands of Germany. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12, 379-387.