active rock glacier
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0008
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: A mass of rock fragments and finer material, on a slope, that contains either an ice core or interstitial ice, and shows evidence of present movement.
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active rock glacier
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Active rock glaciers possess steep fronts with slope angles that may exceed the angle of repose. Gradual elimination of such oversteepening of the frontal portion may suggest some movement long after the ice has melted and the main body of the rock glacier has stopped moving.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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