Surface motion of active rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: inventory and a case study using InSAR

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: L. Liu, C. I. Millar, R. D. Westfall, H. A. Zebker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: geo; envir; Mount Gibbs; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1109-2013; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1109/2013/tc-7-1109-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/aa668ca966d74636ad55db75c63dc0b5

Despite the abundance of rock glaciers in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA, few efforts have been made to measure their surface flow. Here we use the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique to compile a benchmark inventory describing the kinematic state of 59 active rock glaci...