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Types of stone‐banked lobes are described from the high Drakensberg, southern Africa. One type shows material has moved over areas of shallow rock scarps; the larger clasts are sorted into the peripheral areas of the moving debris masses. A second has a crescent‐shaped stony embankment, behind which accumulate smaller cobbles and gravels. A third displays a raised frontal bank with treads comprising an accumulation of open‐work block material. The frontal bank heights of some stone‐banked lobes appear to be a function of the rapidity and quantity of debris accumulation, rather than of tread dimensions. Different stone‐banked lobe types develop under different controlling mechanisms and environmental conditions. Bedrock may act as an impermeable layer and permits contemporary solifluction to take place at some sites. Larger, inactive lobes occupy areas of deep (>1.5 m) regolith and are the probable products of prolonged seasonal freeze and enhanced gelifluction activity during the Holocene. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Différents types de lobes de solifluxion bordés de pierres sont décrits dans le Haut Drakensberg en Afrique du Sud. Le premier montre du matériel qui s'est déplacé sur des d'abrupts rocheux superficiels; les plus grands fragments sont triés dans les zones périphériques des masses de débris en mouvement. Un second type a une forme de croissant contenue par des pierres derrière lesquelles s'accumulent des blocs plus petits et des graviers. Un troisième type montre un front surélevé avec une zone comprenant une accumulation de matériaux sans matrice. Les hauteurs frontales de certains lobes bordés par des cailloux paraissent être contrôlées par la rapidité et de la quantité de débris qui s'accumulent plutôt que par la dimension des forms. Les divers types de lobes bordés par des pierres se développent part des mécanismes distincts, sous différentes conditions environnementales. La roche en place peut agir comme un niveau imperméable et permettre à la solifluxion de s'exercer dans certains sites. De plus grands lobes inactifs existent dans des zones de régolithe profond (>1.5 m) et ont été probablement formés lors de gels saisonniers prolongés déterminant une gélifluxion plus active au cours de l'Holocène. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Stefan Grab, 2000.
"Stone‐banked lobes and environmental implications, high Drakensberg, southern Africa,"
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(3), pages 177-187, July.
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RePEc:wly:perpro:v:11:y:2000:i:3:p:177-187
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1530(200007/09)11:33.0.CO;2-R
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