Tag:geological=rock_glacier
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 geological = rock_glacier
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| Rock glaciers are mixtures of rock and ice that move slowly downhill when active |
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Description
Rock glaciers or Blockgletscher are mixtures of rock and ice that move slowly downhill when in active state. In specialist literature rock glaciers are not considered glaciers but a distinct geological landform of its own. On the surface rock glaciers appear to lay persons as a pile of of broken rock, scree or boulders, while they consist of layers with permafrost sandwiched in the middle.
Tagging
Draw an outline around the feature and apply geological=rock_glacier. Combining this with natural=scree may hint at consumers not knowing about this tag at least a bit of what the surface looks like and is not strictly wrong, as rock glaciers dwell not only on low temperatures but on a constant supply of scree too.