A paraglacial rock-slope failure origin for cirques: a case study from Northern Iceland

The contribution of paraglacial rock-slope failure (RSF) to the excavation of cirques in glacial landscapes is explored in the Tindastóll Mountain, Skagi peninsula, northern Iceland. We analyze 8 cirques that developed during the Quaternary and 13 paraglacial RSF cavities that developed during the H...

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Autori principali:	Coquin, Julien, Mercier, Denis, Bourgeois, Olivier, Decaulne, Armelle
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	Groupe français de géomorphologie 2019
Soggetti:	déglaciation cirques glaciaires rupture de versants rocheux étalement gravitaire taux d’érosion glacial cirques deglaciation rock slope failure gravitational spreading erosion rates
Accesso online:	https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.13057 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/giu1 https://journals.openedition.org/geomorphologie/13057
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