Glacial vs. periglacial: Subjective or objective adjectives?
Achuff JM. 2001. Glacial vs. periglacial: Subjective or objective adjectives?. Informal Technical Notes. 5:1-5
The term rock glacier has become problematic. The use of this term varies to a degree which makes it difficult to determine each user's meaning without additional information to clarify that particular use. In spite of this variation, however, there appears to be a general but not total consensus that there are basically two different types of features which constitute rock glaciers. The number of processes proposed for their formation is much larger. The two types consist basically of a glacigenic type and a talus-derived type. The glacigenic type of rock glacier is associated in some way with a massive-ice feature, a "true glacier". The talus-derived type occurs at the base of talus slopes with no association with a "true glacier". A number of terms have been proposed and used for these features (Table 1).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Achuff, Jonathan
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Firnification, Permafrost, Rock Glacier