Rock glacier working group
Institute for Geology and Paleontology
University of Innsbruck
 

Publications on Rock Glacier

CHESI, G., KRAINER, K., MOSTLER, W. und WEINOLD, T. (1999):
Bewegungsmessungen am aktiven Blockgletscher Inneres Reichenkar mit der GPS-Methode. - X. Int. Geodätische Woche Obergurgl, 223-227.

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W. (1999): Aktive Blockgletscher als Transportsysteme
für Schuttmassen im Hochgebirge. - Geoforum Umhausen (Ötztal), 14.-16. Okt. 1999, p. 12-13.

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W. (2000): Blockgletscher - Gefrorener Schutt im Hochgebirge. - Mitteilungen des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Nr. 2, 2000, Jhg. 55 (125), 25-26.

KRAINER, K., MASSIMO, I. & MOSTLER, W. (2000): Blockgletscher im Gößnitz Tal,
Schobergruppe (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern). - Unveröff. Bericht Nationalparkverwaltung Kärnten, Parkdirektion Döllach, 123 Seiten.

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W. (2000): Reichenkar Rock Glacier, a glacial derived debris-ice system in the Western Stubai Alps, Austria. - Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v. 11:267-275.

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W. (2001a): Aktive Blockgletscher als Transportsysteme für Schuttmassen im Hochgebirge: Der Reichnkar Blockgletscher in den westlichen Stubaier Alpen. - Geoforum Tirol (in Druck)

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W.(2001b): Der aktive Blockgletscher im Hinteren Langtal Kar, Gößnitz Tal (Schobergruppe, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern). - Wiss. Mitt. Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (im Druck).

KRAINER, K. & MOSTLER, W.: The discharge of active rock glaciers: examples from the Eastern Alps (Austria). (submitted for publication)

 

Further reading

Ackert, R. P. (1998). "A rock glacier/debris-covered glacier system at Galena Creek,
Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming." Geografiska Annaler 80(3-4): 267-276.

Barsch, D. (1996). Rockglaciers. Indicators for the Present and Former Geoecology in High Mountain Environments. Berlin, Springer-Verlag.

Clark, D. H., M. M. Clark, et al. (1994). "Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, and Their Implications for Snowline Reconstructions." Quaternary Research 41: 139-153.

Clark, D. H., E. J. Steig, et al. (1996). "Old ice in rock glaciers may provide long-term climate records." Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 77: 217,221-222.

Clark, D. H., E. J. Steig, et al. (1998). "Genetic variability of rock glaciers." Geografiska Annaler 80 A(3-4): 175-182.

Giardino, J. R., J. F. Shroder, et al. (1987). Rock Glaciers. London, Allen & Unwin.

Haeberli, W. (1973). "Die Basis-Temperatur der winterlichen Schneedecke als möglicher Indikator für die Verbreitung von Permafrost in den Alpen." Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie 9: 221-227.

Haeberli, W. (1985). "Creep of mountain permafrost: Internal structure and flow of alpine rock glaciers." Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie ETH Zürich 77: 1-142.

Haeberli, W. (1992). "Construction, Environmental Problems and Natural Hazards in Periglacial Mountain Belts." Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 3: 111-124.

Humlum, O. (1996). "Origin of Rock Glaciers: Observations from Mellemfjord, Disko Island, Central West Greenland." Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 7: 361-380.

Johnson, P. G. (1978). "Rock glacier types and their drainage systems, Grizzly Creek, Yukon Territory." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15: 1496-1507.

Johnson, P. G. (1987). Rock glacier: glacier debris systems or high-magnitude low-frequency flows. Rock Glaciers. J. R. Giardino, J. F. Shroder and J. D. Vitek. London, Allen & Unwin: 175-192.

Konrad, S. K., N. F. Humphrey, et al. (1999). "Rock glacier dynamics and paleoclimatic implications." Geology 27(9): 1131-1134.

Martin, H. E. and W. B. Whalley (1987). "Rock glaciers, part 1: rock glacier morphology: classification and distribution." Progress in Physical Geography 11: 260-282.

Potter, N. (1972). "Ice-Cored Rock Glacier, Galena Creek, Northern Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming." Geological Society of America Bulletin 83: 3025-3058.

Potter, N., E. J. Steig, et al. (1998). "Galena Creek rock glacier revisited - new observations on an old controversy." Geografiska Annaler 80(3-4): 251-265.

Shroder, J. F., M. P. Bishop, et al. (2000). "Debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Nanga Parbat Himalaya, Pakistan." Geografiska Annaler 82A(1): 17-31.

VonderMühll, D. and P. Holub (1992). "Borehole Logging in Alpine Permafrost, Upper Engadin, Swiss Alps." Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 3: 125-132.

VonderMühll, D., T. Stucki, et al. (1998). Borehole temperatures in Alpine permafrost: a ten years series. 7th International Conference on Permafrost, Yellowknife.

Wahrhaftig, C. and A. Cox (1959). "Rock glaciers in the Alaska Range." Geological Society of America Bulletin 70: 383-436.

Whalley, W. B. and H. E. Martin (1992). "Rock glaciers:II models and mechanisms." Progress in Physical Geography 16(2): 127-186.

Whalley, W. B. and C. F. Palmer (1998). "A glacial interpretation for the origin and formation of the Marinet Rock Glacier, Alpes Maritimes, France." Geografiska Annaler 80(3-4): 221-236.

 

Rock glacier working group
Institute for Geology and Paleontology
University of Innsbruck