Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Rudolph, K. Ian Meiklejohn, Christel D. Hansen, David W. Hedding, Werner Nel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2018
• Subjects: east antarctica; jutulsessen; rock glacier; permafrost; climate change; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Victoria Land; Ellsworth Mountains; Jutulsessen; Brugdedalen; Grjotlia; Grjotøyra; Jutuldalen; Vassdalen; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Ice; ice core; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24425/118736; https://doaj.org/article/613ff2d549f4402ea34da9aa0b621614

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...