On the response of rockglacier cree

entire deactivation. By means of three scenarios, we exemplify the possible consequences of an increase in rockglacier temperature and ditions are able to form prominent creep streams — so-called rockglaciers. These features creep with surface speeds in the order of centimetres to several metres per...

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Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
rockglacier
creep
mountain permafrost
climate change
warming
slope stability
permafrost
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.488.8093
http://folk.uio.no/kaeaeb/publications/gpc_rockglacier.pdf
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Summary:entire deactivation. By means of three scenarios, we exemplify the possible consequences of an increase in rockglacier temperature and ditions are able to form prominent creep streams — so-called rockglaciers. These features creep with surface speeds in the order of centimetres to several metres per Global and Planetary Change 56 ⁎ Corresponding author. Department of Geosciences, University ofsubsequent acceleration: (1) increasing sensitivity of rockglacier creep to seasonal influences, (2) activation of so far stable frozen debris slopes, and (3) rockglacier destabilization.

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