Characterizing ground ice content and origin to better understand the seasonal surface dynamics of the Gruben rock glacier and the adjacent Gruben debris-covered glacier (southern Swiss Alps)

• Main Authors: Wee, Julie, Vivero, Sebastián, Mathys, Tamara, Mollaret, Coline, Hauck, Christian, Lambiel, Christophe, Beutel, Jan, Haeberli, Wilfried
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1283; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-1283/

Over the recent years, there has been focused international efforts to coordinate the development and compilation of rock glacier inventories. Nevertheless, in some contexts, identifying and characterizing rock glaciers can be challenging as complex conditions and interactions, such as glacier-rock...