Felsenmeer
felsenmeer
[′felz·ən‚mer] (geology)
A flat or gently sloping veneer of angular rock fragments occurring on moderate mountain slopes above the timber line.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Felsenmeer
vast placers of blocks of rock on the flat surfaces of mountain peaks, located above the treeline. They form as the result of the processes of frost weathering together with the phenomena of solifluction under conditions of a severe continental climate and the development of permafrost rock.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.