Ice exposures on Reichenkar rock glacier

Layered glacier ice with a shear zone enriched in
fine-grained debris (detail of photograph on the left)

Coarse-grained debris layer, underlain
by massive, layered glacier ice. Exposure
formed by the collapse of an englacial
meltwater tunnel, ca. 150 m north of the
root zone of Reichenkar rock glacier
Exposed ice (lower left) ca. 150 m north of the root
zone of Reichenkar rock glacier. Small cirque
glacier in the background.

On the steep middle part of Reichenkar rock glacier the debris slides down
on massive ice (exposed above hammer)

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