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ROCK GLACIERS IN THE KOLYMA HIGHLAND
https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2012-2-106-114
Abstract
Based on remote mapping and field studies inGrand Rapids, Tumansky,Hasynsky,Del-Urechen Ridges as well as Dukchinsky and Kilgansky Mountain Massifs there were identified about 1160 landforms which morphologically are similar to the rock glaciers or they develop in close association with them. Besides tongue-shaped cirque rock glaciers originated due to ablation, a large number of lobate-shaped slope-associated rock glaciers were recognized. Significant quantity of such forms are developing within the active neotectonic areas, in zones of seismic-tectonic badland and in association with active earthquakes-controlling faults. Multiplication of regional data on volcanic-ash-chronology, lichenometry, Schmidt Hammer Test, pollen spectra and single radiocarbon data, most of the active rock glaciers were preliminary attributed to the Late Holocene.
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A. A. GalaninRussian Federation
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For citation: Galanin A.A. ROCK GLACIERS IN THE KOLYMA HIGHLAND. Ice and Snow. 2012;52(2):106-114. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2012-2-106-114
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