The debris layer of active rock glaciers

Surface of the coarse-grained debris layer on an active
rock glacier, Kaiserbergtal (western Ötztal Alps)

Surface of the coarse-grained debris layer (foreground),
rock glacier Beilkar, Schobergruppe, in the background
Großglockner (3798 m)
Platy clasts oriented perepndicular to the flow direction
(from right to left), Tramerkar rock glacier, Schobergruppe

Grain-size distribution on the surface of the debris layer of Reichenkar rock glacier at
three different sites (from Krainer & Mostler 2001a)

Rock glacier working group
Institute for Geology and Paleontology
University of Innsbruck