Rock Avalanches on Glaciers: Processes and Implications

Rock Avalanches on Glaciers: Processes and Implications

This thesis examines the role of rock avalanches in tectonically active terrains including the effects of the deposits on glacier behaviour and their contribution to moraine formation. The chronologies of mountain glacier fluctuations, based on moraine ages, are widely used to infer regional climate...

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Main Author: Reznichenko, Natalya
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences 2012
Subjects:
Rock avalanche
supraglacial rock avalanche
comminution
glacier
moraine
glacial sediment
ablation
debris-cover
glacial mass balance
advance
retreat
glacial regime
glacial geomorphology
aclimatic advance
microsedimentology
agglomerates
palaeoclimate
moraine chronology
rock-avalanche-driven advance
the Southern Alps of New Zealand
Norway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6524

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