Comment on “Ice content and interannual water storage changes of an active rock glacier in the dry Andes of Argentina” by Halla et al. (2021)
W. Brian Whalley
Abstract
Abstract. Recently published work on water preservation in Chile assumes that “permafrost” (cryogenic) rock glaciers are dominant. Melt pond development shows that rock glaciers are glacier-derived (“glacigenic”) rather than of permafrost origin.
Topics & Concepts
PermafrostRock glacierGlacierGeologyPhysical geographyGlaciologyGeomorphologyGlacier morphologyEarth scienceCryosphereIce streamClimatologyOceanographyStratigraphyPaleontologySea iceGeographyTectonicsClimate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsSmart Materials for Construction