Surface kinematics of periglacial sorted circles using Structure-from-Motion technology

• Main Authors: Kääb, Andreas, Girod, Luc Maurice Ramuntcho, Berthling, Ivar Thoralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Kvadehuksletta; permafrost; The Cryosphere; The Cryosphere Discussions; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392212; https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-7-6043-2013

Sorted soil circles are a conspicuous form of periglacial patterned ground. Numerical modelling suggests that these features develop from a convection-like circulation of material in the active layer of permafrost. The related iterative burying and resurfacing of material is believed to play an impo...