The glacier–rock glacier mountain landsystem: an example from North Iceland

• Main Author: W. Brian Whalley (10369034)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; Cancer; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Rock glacier; debris cover; feature mapping; Glacier Mountain; Nautárdalur; glacier; Ice; ice core; Iceland; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16915360.v1

A valley floor rock glacier in Nautárdalur, eastern Tröllaskagi, northern Iceland, has been investigated since the 1970s. Adjacent valleys are also examined as mountain landsystems. The methodology identifies ‘landform elements’ (features evident on slopes) on transects that can be identified and ma...