Blockgletscher

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,4%)
Color RGB
R: 245 G: 245 B: 245
Rank
unconsolidated deposit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Blockgletscher
Français
Glacier rocheux
Italiano
Ghiacciaio roccioso
English
Rock glacier
Origin of the Name

siehe Anweisungen zur Darstellung des quartären Formenschatzes / Instructions pour la représentation des formes quaternaires

Historical Variants

glacier pierreux (Jemelin 1970), Blockstrom, Blockströme, ghiacciao di pietra

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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