Weissenkar Rock Glacier (Carinthia, Austria):

Weissenkar rock glacier (46°57.5’ N, 12°45’ E) is situated in a glacially shaped cirque in the Schober Mountains of the Eastern Alps, Austria. The rock glacier creeps downslope at a comparatively low velocity of up to 11 cm/yr. The creeping permafrost body has now reached a flat plateau-like area where its motion is retarded due to low inclination resulting in a very pronounced surface topography.

References (selected):

• 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 Unpublished diploma thesis, University of Graz, in German, 62 p.
  
  
• Krobath, M. and Lieb, G.K. (2001): Bodentemperatur-Messungen am Weißenkar Blockgletscher im Debanttal (Schobergruppe, Osttirol). Symposium Forschung im Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, 15.-17. November 2001, Kaprun, Verlag Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, 250 S.
  
  
• Kienast, G. and Kaufmann, V. (2004): Geodetic measurements on glaciers and rock glaciers in the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria). Proceedings of the 4th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop, 30 September - 2 October 2004, Vall de Núria, Catalonia, Spain, Monografies tècniques 8, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, 101-108. [ Paper ]
  
  
• Kaufmann, V., Ladstädter, R., Kienast, G. and Lieb, G.K. (2005): Documentation of the creep process of Weissenkar rock glacier (Central Alps, Austria). In: Programme and Abstracts – 2nd European Conference on Permafrost, Potsdam, Germany, 12-16 June, 2005, Terra Nostra 2005 (2), Selbstverlag der GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, Berlin, 96-97.
  
  
• Kaufmann, V., Ladstädter, R. and Lieb, G.K. (2006): Quantitative assessment of the creep process of Weissenkar rock glacier (Central Alps, Austria). 8th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography, Grazer Schriften der Geographie und Raumforschung, Band 41,  Institute of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, 77-86. [ Paper ] [ MS PowerPoint (40 MB) ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Kaufmann, V., Krobath, M., Lieb, G.K. and Avian, M. (2008): 10 Years of Monitoring the Rock Glacier Kinematic and Surface Temperature at Weissenkar Rock Glacier, Austria (1997-2007). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-02061, 2008, EGU General Assembly 2008. [ Abstract ]
  
  
• 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 ]
  
  
• Buck, S. and Kaufmann, V. (2010): The Influence of Air Temperature on the Creep Behaviour of Three Rockglaciers in the Hohe Tauern. 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, 159-170. [ Abstract ] [ 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 ]
  
  
• Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A. (2013): Ground surface temperature and permafrost evolution in the Hohe 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 ]
  
  

last update: january 28, 2019

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