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.

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.