Rockglaciers: Description and Morphometry

Rockglaciers have been described in all major high mountain systems of the world (cf. Chap. 5). According to the topographic, climatic and other influences on the creep of mountain permafrost, a wide variety of forms exist. The sizes and forms of active rockglaciers may be quite different, not only in different mountain systems but also locally. Nevertheless, a basic description can be given; a genetic approach, however, which has often been connected with a discussion of size and form in the past, is not intended.