Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Yerbilimleri/ Earth Sciences, cilt.36, sa.3, ss.163-170, 2015 (Scopus)
© 2015, Hacettepe Universitesi Yerbilmleri. All rights reserved.This paper is aimed at criticizing the research which was published in Yerbilimleri (Volume 36, Issue 2, pages 61- 80) and entitled Formations of Rock Glaciers in Karçal Mountains. The researchers suggested that the landforms are mostly periglacial features although the former studies mentioned that the same landforms are glacial formations in the highlands of Karçal Mountains. The morphogenesis and environment of these landforms need to be discussed in details. Although debris-covered glaciers and ice core rock glaciers have similar origins, they reflect different processes and dynamics. Different processes and dynamics lead to different formations. Another of the discussion points of the paper is the classification of the rock glaciers. The physiographic changes of the adjacent glacier valleys which cause one of the rock glacier’s formation as permafrost creep and the other’s as glacier ice core are very significant. The causes of formation of two different types of rock glaciers a few meters apart from each other have to be determined objectively.