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Periglacial landforms at Giant'S Castle, Natal Drakensberg, South Africa

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  • Jan C. Boelhouwers

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Active and inactive periglacial landforms are described for a small, south‐facing mountain catchment at Giant's Castle, 3140–3300 m A.S.L. Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. Micro‐patterned ground is found at the water divide and indicates marginal present‐day frost activity with soil frost penetration to a depth of 0.1–0.2 m. Downslope, thin stone‐banked sheets migrate over larger, inactive, stone‐banked lobe complexes. Block fields, suggested to be of a gelifluction origin, occupy the central part of the valley and gelifluction sheets cover the lower valley slopes. All are inactive. The range of inactive periglacial slope deposits suggests the presence of severe seasonal frost in the past. Des formes périglaciaires actives et inactives sont décrites dans un petit bassin montagneux exposé au sud, au lieu‐dit [Giant's Castle] à 3140–3300 m d'altitude dans le Drakensberg du Natal en Afrique du Sud. Des petits sols polygonaux et striés triés ont été observés à la limite de partage du bassin versant. Ils indiquent que le gel pénètre jusqu'à une profondeur de 0,1 à 0,2 m. Vers le bas de la pente, des lobes peu épais limités par des cailloux recouvrent des lobes de solifluxion plus grands et inactifs. Des champs de blocs qui ont peut‐ětre été formés par la gélifluxion couvrent les pentes inférieures. Toutes ces formes sont inactives. L'importance des dépǒts de pénte périglaciaires actuellement inactifs suggère la présence de gels saisonniers sévères dans le passé.

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  • Jan C. Boelhouwers, 1994. "Periglacial landforms at Giant'S Castle, Natal Drakensberg, South Africa," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(3), pages 129-136, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:5:y:1994:i:3:p:129-136
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430050302
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