In September 2002, a catastrophic geomorphic event occurred in the Caucasus Mountains,
southern Russia, in which almost the entire mass of Kolka Glacier detached from its bed …

A massive rock/ice avalanche of about 100x10 6 m 3 volume took place on the northern
slope of the Kazbek massif, North Ossetia, Russian Caucasus, on 20 September 2002. The …

On 20 September 2002, an enormous rock/ice slide and subsequent mud-flow occurred on
the northern slope of the Kazbek massif, Northern Ossetia, Russian Caucasus. It started on …

In high mountain regions, a number of natural catastrophes are related to glaciers, eg,
outbursts of glacier-dammed lakes or interglacial water reservoirs, glaciers destroyed by …

In many high mountain regions, warming of perennially frozen ground in both coarse debris
and rock walls has a major influence on slope stability. In this context, indications of …

Glacier detachments are a rare, but hazardous, phenomenon of glacier instability, whereof
only a handful have been documented to date. Common to all known cases is that many …

The detachment of large parts of low-angle mountain glaciers resulting in massive ice–rock
avalanches have so far been believed to be a unique type of event, made known to the …

Alpine ice varies from pure ice glaciers to partially debris-covered glaciers to rock glaciers,
as defined by the degree of debris cover. In many low-to mid-latitude mountain ranges, the …

The process of the Kolka rock and ice avalanche on September 20, 2002 in the Karmadon
Gorge, North Ossetia is reconstructed based on analyzing the instrumental seismic records …

Rock glacier advance is believed to be the result of the advection of frozen debris to and
over the front,(partial) melt‐out of ice, and incorporation and subsequent overriding of the …