Hinteres Langtalkar Rock Glacier (Carinthia, Austria):

The Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier (12°45'56" E, 46°58'53" N) is located in the Schober group of the Hohe Tauern range within the boundaries of the Austrian Hohe Tauern National Park. The rock glacier is situated in the Hinteres Langtal cirque. The foot of the front slope is located at 2460 m a.s.l. The northern lobe of the rock glacier is 850 m long and 200 m wide. This highly active part of the rock glacier is in contrast to the rather inactive southern, smaller part of the rock glacier. The latter is characterized by a sequence of adjacent ridges and furrows, which typically relates to compressive flow. At the rooting zone of both parts of the rock glacier marked depressions are present. Further information about the geographical setting and results of geological and hydrological investigations can be found in Lieb (1987) and Krainer & Mostler (2001), respectively. The Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier is very interesting from a geomorphological point of view, since the lower end of the rock glacier tongue has moved into steeper terrain. A sliding process has started as early as 1992, as the strength of the ice/rock mixture could no longer resist gravitational forces. This phenomenon was identified for the first time in aerial photographs of 1997.

References (selected):

• Lieb, G.L. (1987): Die Gletscher und Blockgletscher im Kärtner Teil der Schobergruppe. Unpubl. Dissertation, Universität Graz, 286 S.
  

• Buchenauer, H.W. (1990): Gletscher- und Blockgletschergeschichte der westlichen Schobergruppe (Osttirol). Marburger Geographische Schriften 117, in German, 276 p.
  
  
• Lieb, G.K. (1996): Permafrost und Blockgletscher in den östlichen österreichischen Alpen. Arbeiten aus dem Institut für Geographie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 33, in German, 9-125.
  
  
• Krobath, M. (1999): Naturräumliche Ausstattung des Talschlusses der Gössnitz (Schobergruppe). Unpublished diploma thesis, University of Graz, in German, 62 p.
  

• Krainer, K. und Mostler, W. (2001): Der aktive Blockgletscher im Hinteren Langtal Kar, Gößnitztal (Schobergruppe, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Österreich). In: Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus dem Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Band 6, S. 139-168.

• Kaufmann, V. and Ladstädter, R. (2002): Monitoring of active rock glaciers by means of digital photogrammetry. Proceedings of the ISPRS Commission III Symposium "Photogrammetric Computer Vision", September 9-13, 2002, Graz, Austria, IAPRS, Vol. 34, Part 3B, pp. 108-111. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
  
  
• Bauer, A., Paar, G. and Kaufmann, V. (2003): Terrestrial laser scanning for rock glacier monitoring. Permafrost. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 21-25 July, Zurich, Switzerland,  A.A. Balkema Publishers, Vol.1, pp. 55-60. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kaufmann, V. and Ladstädter, R. (2003): Quantitative analysis of rock glacier creep by means of digital photogrammetry using multi-temporal aerial photographs: two case studies in the Austrian Alps. Permafrost. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 21-25 July, Zurich, Switzerland,  A.A. Balkema Publishers, Vol.1, pp. 525-530. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]

• Kaufmann, V. (2004): Zur Topographie und Morphodynamik des Blockgletschers Hinteres Langtalkar (Schobergruppe, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Österreich). Kartographische Nachrichten, 54 (6), 258-262, mit einer Kartenbeilage. [ Abstract ] [ Kartenbeilage ]
  
  
• Lieb G.K, Kaufmann, V. und Avian, M. (2004): Das Hintere Langtalkar (Schobergruppe, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern) - ein Beispiel für die komplexe Morphodynamik in der Hochgebirgsstufe der Zentralalpen. Mitt. d. Österr. Geogr. Gesellschaft, 146. Jg. (Jahresband), Wien 2004, S. 147-164. [ Abstract ]
  
  
• Kaufmann, V. and Ladstädter, R. (2004): Documentation of the movement of the Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, July 12-23, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey, IAPRS, Vol. 35, Part B7, pp. 893-898. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ] [ PPT (20 MB)] [ Animation ]
  
  
• Avian, M., Kaufmann, V. and Lieb, G.K. (2005): Recent and Holocene dynamics of a rock glacier system – the example of Langtalkar (Central Alps, Austria). Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift – Norwegian Journal of Geography, Vol. 59, 149-156, Oslo. [ Abstract ]
  
  
• Avian, M., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Bauer, A., 2008. Remote Sensing Data for Monitoring Periglacial Processes in Permafrost Areas: Terrestrial Laser Scanning at the Hinteres Langtalkar Rock Glacier, Austria. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska Fairbanks, vol. 1, 77-82.
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Kaufmann, V., 2007. Paraglacial Talus Slope Instability in Recently Deglaciated Cirques (Schober Group, Austria). Grazer Schriften der Geographie und Raumforschung 43, 13-24.  [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., 2008. Surface Ice and Snow Disappearance in Alpine Cirques and Its Possible Significance for Rock Glacier Formation: Some Observations from Central Austria. Extended Abstracts of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 129-130.
  
  
• Delaloye, R., Perruchoud, E., Avian, M., Kaufmann, V., Bodin, X., Hausmann, H., Ikeda, A., Kääb, A., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Krainer, K., Lambiel, Ch., Mihajlovic, D., Staub, B., Roer, I. and Thibert, E. (2008): Recent Interannual Variations of Rock Glacier Creep in the European Alps. In: Kane, D.L. & Hinkel, K.M. (eds): Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, vol. 1, 343-348. [ Paper ]

• Roer, I., Haeberli, W., Avian, M., Kaufmann, V., Delaloye, R., Lambiel, Ch. and Kääb, A. (2008): Observations and Considerations on Destabilizing Active Rock Glaciers in the European Alps. In: Kane, D.L. & Hinkel, K.M. (eds): Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, vol. 2, 1505-1510. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Avian, M., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Bauer, A. (2009): LiDAR for monitoring mass movements in permafrost environments at the cirque Hinteres Langtal, Austria, between 2000 and 2008. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9(4), 1087-1094.
  
  
• Kaufmann, V. and Ladstädter, R. (2010): Documentation and visualization of the morphodynamics of Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier (Hohe Tauern range, Austrian Alps) based on aerial photographs (1954-2006) and geodetic measurements (1999-2007). Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography, Grazer Schriften der Geographie und Raumforschung, Band 45,  Institute of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, 103-116. [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kaufmann, V. (2012): Detection and quantification of rock glacier creep using high-resolution orthoimages of virtual globes. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XXXIX-B5, 517-522, doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B5-517-2012. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lieb, G.K. and Kleinferchner, H. (2012): A new rock glacier inventory of the eastern European Alps. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(2), 78-93. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Kaufmann, V. (2012): About the relationship between rock glacier velocity and climate parameters in central Austria. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(2), 94-112. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Paar, G., Huber, N.B., Bauer, A., Avian, M. and Reiterer, A. (2012): Vision-Based Terrestrial Surface Monitoring. In: Biswajeet, P. and Buchroithner, M. (2012): Terrigenous Mass Movements - Detection, Modelling, Early Warning and Mitigation Using Geoinformation Technology, Springer-Verlag, 283-348.  [ DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-25495-6 ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. (2013): Ground surface temperature and permafrost evolution in the Hoeh Tauern National Park, Austria, between 2006 and 2012: Signals of a warming climate? 5th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, Mittersill, 10-12 June, 2013, Conference Volume, 363-372. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Rieckh, M. (2016): Monitoring nourishment processes in the rooting zone of an active rock glacier in an alpine environment. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issue, Volume 60, Number 3, August 2016, 99-121. [ Paper ] [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/zfg_suppl/2016/00245 ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. and Kaufmann, V. (2018): Deglaciation and its impact on permafrost and rock glacier evolution: New insight from two adjacent cirques in Austria. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 621, 1397-1414. [ doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.087 ] [ Paper ]
  
  
  

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