Current glacier recession causes significant rockfall increase: the immediate paraglacial response of deglaciating cirque walls
<p>In the European Alps, almost half the glacier volume has disappeared over the past 150 years. The loss is reflected in glacier retreat and ice surface lowering even at high altitude. In steep glacial cirques, surface lowering exposes rock to atmospheric conditions probably for the very firs...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Earth Surface Dynamics |
| Online Access: | https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/8/729/2020/esurf-8-729-2020.pdf |