Some observations on the formation of an active pronival rampart at Grunehogna Peaks, Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Hedding, D.W. (David William), Meiklejohn, K.I. (Ian), Le Roux, J.J. (Jacobus Johannes), Loubser, M.J. (Michael John), Davis, Jacqueline K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
• Subjects: Pronival rampart; Protalus rampart; Debris transport; Firn field; Fossil ramparts; Slopes (Physical geography) > Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Grunehogna; Grunehogna Peaks; Antarc*; Antarctica; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15951; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.698

Summer observations of the morphology and the debris accumulation processes at an actively forming pronival rampart at Grunehogna Peaks, Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica demonstrate that rockfall debris accumulation is causing downslope (outward) rampart extension even though the distal slope...