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ROCK GLACIERS, SOUTHWEST YUKON
Author(s) -
Johnson P.G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1988.tb00880.x
Subject(s) - deglaciation , glacier , geology , rock glacier , physical geography , debris , cirque glacier , glacial period , glacier morphology , moraine , tidewater glacier cycle , geomorphology , earth science , oceanography , cryosphere , ice stream , geography , sea ice , pregnancy , lactation , ice calving , biology , genetics
Summary Two distinct types of rock glaciers occur in southwest Yukon. One results directly from glaciation, with the production of abundant debris over glacier ice. The other forms during and after deglaciation, when instabilities develop in deposits and when ice included in these deposits responds to climatic change.