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rock glacier: a standalone construct

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rockglacier1 CONSTRUCTRock glacierHAEBERLI · PERMAFROST SCIENCE

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Permafrost science

a lobe or tongue of ice-rich rock debris that creeps downslope as a sign of mountain permafrost.

In permafrost science, rock glacier refers to a lobe or tongue of ice-rich rock debris that creeps downslope as a sign of mountain permafrost. This meaning comes from Haeberli (2006) in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.[1]

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periglacial1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructpermafrost1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · ground that stays frozen year after yearsign4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Haeberli, W., Hallet, B., Arenson, L., Elconin, R., Humlum, O., Kääb, A., Kaufmann, V., Ladanyi, B., Matsuoka, N., Springman, S., & Mühll, D. V. (2006). Permafrost creep and rock glacier dynamics. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 17(3), 189-214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.561

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