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Rock Glacier Morphometry, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

1979; Geological Society of America; Volume: 90; Issue: 6_Part_II Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/gsab-p2-90-924

1943-2674

Paul White,

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Research Article| June 01, 1979 Rock Glacier Morphometry, San Juan Mountains, Colorado P. Gary White P. Gary White 1Department of Earth Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhec, North Carolina 28723 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information P. Gary White 1Department of Earth Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhec, North Carolina 28723 Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 13 Oct 1978 Revision Received: 01 Feb 1979 Accepted: 14 Feb 1979 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 © 1979 The Geological Society of America, Inc. GSA Bulletin (1979) 90 (6_Part_II): 924–952. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-P2-90-924 Article history Received: 13 Oct 1978 Revision Received: 01 Feb 1979 Accepted: 14 Feb 1979 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation P. Gary White; Rock Glacier Morphometry, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. GSA Bulletin 1979;; 90 (6_Part_II): 924–952. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-P2-90-924 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract INTRODUCTION There have been numerous studies of rock glaciers for the purpose of defining the responsible processes. S. E. White (1976) and Whalley, (1974) offer excellent literature reviews of rock-glacier research. Nevertheless, there are certain processes which remain poorly understood. J. P. Johnson (1973, p. 84) stated: “in spite of the many descriptions and studies that have been made of rock glaciers during the last 75 years, remarkably little is known about them.” Whalley (1974, p. 1) agreed that “some dispute about their origin, formation and mode of flow still exists”Due to the relative inaccessibility of rock glaciers and the difficulty of collecting field data from alpine terrain, most of the previous studies have focused on detailed field observations obtained from a very limited population. A few examples are Goldthwait (1970), Ives (1940), Foster and Holmes (1965, R. B. Johnson (1967), Blagbrough and Farkas (1968), Potter (1972), and Birkeland (1973). With the possible exceptions of Wahrhaftig and Cox (1959) and Barsch (1977), there have been no extensive morphometric analyses of rock glaciers. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.