Rock slope instability and erosion: toward improved process understanding
ABSTRACT Rock slopes in a range of environments are among the landscape elements most sensitive to climate change, the latter affecting rock mass properties, altering slope boundary conditions, and changing geosystem configurations. Major climate‐dependent influences promoting destabilization includ...
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crwiley:10.1002/esp.3578 2024-09-15T18:11:40+00:00 Rock slope instability and erosion: toward improved process understanding Krautblatter, Michael Moore, Jeffrey R. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3578 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.3578 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.3578 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Earth Surface Processes and Landforms volume 39, issue 9, page 1273-1278 ISSN 0197-9337 1096-9837 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3578 2024-07-25T04:22:37Z ABSTRACT Rock slopes in a range of environments are among the landscape elements most sensitive to climate change, the latter affecting rock mass properties, altering slope boundary conditions, and changing geosystem configurations. Major climate‐dependent influences promoting destabilization include stress redistribution with changing glacial ice extents, degradation of mountain permafrost, altered slope hydrology and weathering environments, loading and unloading due to deposition and erosion, and changes in the spectrum of magnitude and frequency of driving forces. In steep bedrock terrain, erosional processes control slope morphology by modulating rates of: (i) weathering in response to climate and pre‐disposition, (ii) rock slope retreat in response to magnitude and frequency of detachment, and (iii) channel incision or valley infilling in response to variable sediment supply. Modelling landscape evolution and anticipating natural hazards in these environments thus requires deeper insights into the processes driving rock slope instability and erosion. This special issue emphasizes new understanding of rock slope processes through a collection of manuscripts at the forefront of research in the field. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Wiley Online Library Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 39 9 1273 1278 |
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ABSTRACT Rock slopes in a range of environments are among the landscape elements most sensitive to climate change, the latter affecting rock mass properties, altering slope boundary conditions, and changing geosystem configurations. Major climate‐dependent influences promoting destabilization include stress redistribution with changing glacial ice extents, degradation of mountain permafrost, altered slope hydrology and weathering environments, loading and unloading due to deposition and erosion, and changes in the spectrum of magnitude and frequency of driving forces. In steep bedrock terrain, erosional processes control slope morphology by modulating rates of: (i) weathering in response to climate and pre‐disposition, (ii) rock slope retreat in response to magnitude and frequency of detachment, and (iii) channel incision or valley infilling in response to variable sediment supply. Modelling landscape evolution and anticipating natural hazards in these environments thus requires deeper insights into the processes driving rock slope instability and erosion. This special issue emphasizes new understanding of rock slope processes through a collection of manuscripts at the forefront of research in the field. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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