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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2559-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2559-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Research article
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17 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 17 Jul 2025

Detection and reconstruction of rock glacier kinematics over 24 years (2000–2024) from Landsat imagery

Diego Cusicanqui, Pascal Lacroix, Xavier Bodin, Benjamin Aubrey Robson, Andreas Kääb, and Shelley MacDonell

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This study presents a robust methodological approach to detect and analyse rock glacier kinematics using Landsat 7/Landsat 8 imagery. In the semiarid Andes, 382 landforms were monitored, showing an average velocity of 0.37 ± 0.07 m yr⁻¹ over 24 years, with rock glaciers moving 23 % faster. Results demonstrate the feasibility of using medium-resolution optical imagery, combined with radar interferometry, to monitor rock glacier kinematics with widely available satellite datasets.
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