Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Rock glaciers are lobate or tongue-shaped landforms which consist of rock debris and have either an ice core or an ice-cemented matrix. Characteristics such as the landscape setting, morphology, material and current geomorphological state are universally used to classify rock glaciers. In Antarctica...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:613ff2d549f4402ea34da9aa0b621614 2023-05-15T13:52:49+02:00 Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica Elizabeth M. Rudolph K. Ian Meiklejohn Christel D. Hansen David W. Hedding Werner Nel 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.24425/118736 https://doaj.org/article/613ff2d549f4402ea34da9aa0b621614 EN eng Polish Academy of Sciences https://journals.pan.pl/Content/103302/PDF/P.Polar%201-18%201-E.Rudolph%20etal.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0138-0338 https://doaj.org/toc/2081-8262 0138-0338 2081-8262 https://doi.org/10.24425/118736 https://doaj.org/article/613ff2d549f4402ea34da9aa0b621614 Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 39, Iss No 1, Pp 1-17 (2018) east antarctica jutulsessen rock glacier permafrost climate change Geology QE1-996.5 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.24425/118736 2022-12-31T02:06:05Z Rock glaciers are lobate or tongue-shaped landforms which consist of rock debris and have either an ice core or an ice-cemented matrix. Characteristics such as the landscape setting, morphology, material and current geomorphological state are universally used to classify rock glaciers. In Antarctica, rock glaciers have only been surveyed on the Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Mountains and in Victoria Land. This paper presents the first data on the identification and description of rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen nunataks, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen exhibit a variety of morphologies and states. Our data suggests that the rock glaciers in Brugdedalen and Jutuldalen are active, while the features at Vassdalen and Grjotlia are considered inactive, and a feature at Grjotøyra is considered relict. The described rock glaciers do not fit into existing classification systems and appear to be different to alpine, Arctic and Andean rock glaciers. They further present examples that fit both the ‘glaciogenic’ and ‘permafrost’ development theories. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Climate change Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Ice ice core permafrost Polar Research Vassdalen Victoria Land Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Victoria Land Ellsworth Mountains ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) Jutulsessen ENVELOPE(2.750,2.750,-72.017,-72.017) Brugdedalen ENVELOPE(2.782,2.782,-72.040,-72.040) Grjotlia ENVELOPE(2.567,2.567,-72.017,-72.017) Grjotøyra ENVELOPE(2.541,2.541,-72.036,-72.036) Jutuldalen ENVELOPE(2.812,2.812,-72.000,-72.000) Vassdalen ENVELOPE(8.506,8.506,62.670,62.670) |
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Rock glaciers are lobate or tongue-shaped landforms which consist of rock debris and have either an ice core or an ice-cemented matrix. Characteristics such as the landscape setting, morphology, material and current geomorphological state are universally used to classify rock glaciers. In Antarctica, rock glaciers have only been surveyed on the Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Mountains and in Victoria Land. This paper presents the first data on the identification and description of rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen nunataks, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen exhibit a variety of morphologies and states. Our data suggests that the rock glaciers in Brugdedalen and Jutuldalen are active, while the features at Vassdalen and Grjotlia are considered inactive, and a feature at Grjotøyra is considered relict. The described rock glaciers do not fit into existing classification systems and appear to be different to alpine, Arctic and Andean rock glaciers. They further present examples that fit both the ‘glaciogenic’ and ‘permafrost’ development theories. |
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Elizabeth M. Rudolph K. Ian Meiklejohn Christel D. Hansen David W. Hedding Werner Nel |
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Elizabeth M. Rudolph K. Ian Meiklejohn Christel D. Hansen David W. Hedding Werner Nel |
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Elizabeth M. Rudolph |
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Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica |
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Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica |
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Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica |
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Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica |
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Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica |
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rock glaciers in the jutulsessen, dronning maud land, east antarctica |
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Polish Academy of Sciences |
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2018 |
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https://doi.org/10.24425/118736 https://doaj.org/article/613ff2d549f4402ea34da9aa0b621614 |
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ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) ENVELOPE(2.750,2.750,-72.017,-72.017) ENVELOPE(2.782,2.782,-72.040,-72.040) ENVELOPE(2.567,2.567,-72.017,-72.017) ENVELOPE(2.541,2.541,-72.036,-72.036) ENVELOPE(2.812,2.812,-72.000,-72.000) ENVELOPE(8.506,8.506,62.670,62.670) |
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Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Victoria Land Ellsworth Mountains Jutulsessen Brugdedalen Grjotlia Grjotøyra Jutuldalen Vassdalen |
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Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Victoria Land Ellsworth Mountains Jutulsessen Brugdedalen Grjotlia Grjotøyra Jutuldalen Vassdalen |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Climate change Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Ice ice core permafrost Polar Research Vassdalen Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Climate change Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Ice ice core permafrost Polar Research Vassdalen Victoria Land |
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Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 39, Iss No 1, Pp 1-17 (2018) |
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