Progress on Rock Glacier Research

Authors

John F. Shroder Jr., University of Nebraska at Omaha
John R. Giardino, Texas Tech University

Date of this Version

1978

Document Type

Article

Comments

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences- Volume VI, 1978. Copyright © 1978 Shroder, Jr. and Giardino

Abstract

This report is an account of research progress on rock glaciers of Afghanistan, Colorado, and Utah. Because of the preliminary nature of this work, some speculation is present; nevertheless, we think there is evidence for each major, new point expressed. The main thesis of our work is that rock glaciers are polygenetic and appear to be part of a continuum of similar landforms grading morphologically and, presumably, mechanically from one type to another type.