The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa

Certain debris accumulations in Bottelnek are ascribed a rock glacier origin on the basis of morphological and sedimentological evidence. Radiocarbon dating indicates that rock glaciers were active at or subsequent to 21 000 BP and that cold, stadial conditions, existed on the region after 27 000 BP...

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Main Authors: Lewis, Colin A, Hanvey, Patricia M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1993
Subjects:
permafrost
Online Access:http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6698
http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006734
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spelling ftsealsdc:vital:6698 2024-09-15T18:29:54+00:00 The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa Lewis, Colin A Hanvey, Patricia M 1993 25 pages pdf http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6698 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006734 English eng vital:6698 http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6698 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006734 Article 1993 ftsealsdc 2024-07-29T23:41:48Z Certain debris accumulations in Bottelnek are ascribed a rock glacier origin on the basis of morphological and sedimentological evidence. Radiocarbon dating indicates that rock glaciers were active at or subsequent to 21 000 BP and that cold, stadial conditions, existed on the region after 27 000 BP and before 13 000 BP, during the Bottelnek Stadial. At least sporadic permafrost existed in Bottelnek when the rock glaciers were active. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost SEALS Digital Commons (South East Academic Libraries System, South Africa)
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description Certain debris accumulations in Bottelnek are ascribed a rock glacier origin on the basis of morphological and sedimentological evidence. Radiocarbon dating indicates that rock glaciers were active at or subsequent to 21 000 BP and that cold, stadial conditions, existed on the region after 27 000 BP and before 13 000 BP, during the Bottelnek Stadial. At least sporadic permafrost existed in Bottelnek when the rock glaciers were active.
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author Lewis, Colin A
Hanvey, Patricia M
spellingShingle Lewis, Colin A
Hanvey, Patricia M
The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
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title The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
title_short The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
title_full The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
title_fullStr The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed The remains of rock glaciers in Bottelnek, East Cape Drakensberg, South Africa
title_sort remains of rock glaciers in bottelnek, east cape drakensberg, south africa
publishDate 1993
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