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: Sanjosé Blasco, José Juan de, Atkinson, Alan David James, Sánchez Fernández, Manuel, Gómez Ortiz, Antonio, Salvá Catireneu, Monserrat, Salvador Franch, Ferran
• Other Authors: Universidad de Extremadura. Instituto Universitario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible (INTERRA), Universidad de Extremadura. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Universidad de Barcelona
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Glaciar de roca; Técnicas geomáticas; Modelización de glaciares; Evolución de glaciares; Dinámica morfogénica; Rock glacier; Geomatic techniques; Glaciermodelling; Glacier evolution; Morphogenic dynamic; 2502 Climatología; 2505.07 Geografía Física; 2508 Hidrología; Corral; Roca; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10662/25088; 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...