Interpreting the Internal Fabric of a Rock Glacier Academic Article

abstract

• In order to acquire information about the dynamics of internal movement of a rock glacier, the three-dimensional eigenvalue technique was applied to the fabric analysis of 13 samples of clasts from a vertical section in a 15 m deep trench in this landform on Mt. Mestas, Colorado, USA. Two hypotheses were posed to explain the cyclic data: 1) three temporally, distinct, catastrophic debris flows contributed to the development of the rock glacier, and/or 2) the three groups of samples can be attributed to internal shear planes. -from Authors

authors

• Giardino, John

published proceedings

• Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography

author list (cited authors)

• Giardino, J. R., & Vitek, J. D.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Giardino, JR||Vitek, JD

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Geografiska Annaler Series A: Physical Geography  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/04353676.1988.11880235

start page

• 15

end page

• 25

volume

• 70

issue

• 1-2