[HTML][HTML] Rock glaciers and mountain hydrology: A review

DB Jones, S Harrison, K Anderson, WB Whalley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In mountainous regions, climate change threatens cryospheric water resources, and
understanding all components of the hydrological cycle is necessary for effective water …

Geomorphic and sedimentary effects of modern climate change: current and anticipated future conditions in the western United States

AE East, JB Sankey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity

S Brighenti, S Hotaling, DS Finn… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountains are global biodiversity hotspots where cold environments and their associated
ecological communities are threatened by climate warming. Considerable research attention …

Ecosystem shifts in Alpine streams under glacier retreat and rock glacier thaw: A review

S Brighenti, M Tolotti, MC Bruno, G Wharton… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review provides a detailed synthesis of the effects of glacier retreat and permafrost thaw
on stream ecosystems in the European Alps. As a working framework, we present a …

A general theory of rock glacier creep based on in‐situ and remote sensing observations

A Cicoira, M Marcer, I Gärtner‐Roer… - Permafrost and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing acceleration in rock glacier velocities concurrent with increasing air
temperatures, and the widespread onset of rock glacier destabilization have reinforced the …

Rock glaciers and the geomorphological evolution of deglacierizing mountains

J Knight, S Harrison, DB Jones - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rock glaciers are an important geomorphic element of glaciated mountain landscapes, but
our understanding of their distribution and ages, controls on their development, and their …

Monitoring rock glacier kinematics with satellite synthetic aperture radar

T Strozzi, R Caduff, N Jones, C Barboux, R Delaloye… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Active rock glaciers represent the best visual expression of mountain permafrost that can be
mapped and monitored directly using remotely sensed data. Active rock glaciers are bodies …

Permafrost active layer

W Dobiński - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
This article discusses the properties and occurrence of an active layer (AL) in the near-
surface of the lithosphere in glacial and periglacial environments. This layer shows a …

Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification

E Reinosch, M Gerke, B Riedel… - Permafrost and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The western Nyainqêntanglha Range on the Tibetan Plateau reaches an elevation of 7,162
m and is characterized by an extensive periglacial environment under semi‐arid climatic …

Biological albedo reduction on ice sheets, glaciers, and snowfields

S Hotaling, S Lutz, RJ Dial, AM Anesio, LG Benning… - Earth-science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global cryosphere, Earth's frozen water, is in precipitous decline. The ongoing and
predicted impacts of cryosphere loss are diverse, ranging from disappearance of entire …