Geomatic Techniques Applied to the Dynamic Study (2001–2019) of the Rock Glacier in the Veleta Cirque (Sierra Nevada, Spain)

• Published in: Land
• Main Authors: José Juan de Sanjosé Blasco, Alan D. Atkinson, Manuel Sánchez-Fernández, Antonio Gómez-Ortiz, Montserrat Salvà-Catarineu, Ferran Salvador-Franch
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: rock glacier; geomatic techniques; glacier modelling; glacier evolution; morphogenic dynamic; Corral; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050613

During the Little Ice Age (LIA), Corral del Veleta (Sierra Nevada) housed a small glacier of which relict glacial ice and permafrost still remain under packets of ice blocks. Currently, it is considered the southernmost rock glacier in Europe. The analysis and results of monitoring carried out on th...