Rock slope failure in a recently deglaciated permafrost rock wall at Piz Kesch (Eastern Swiss Alps), February 2014

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Phillips, Marcia, Wolter, Andrea, Lüthi, Rachel, Amann, Florian, Kenner, Robert, Bühler, Yves
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Pillar; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3992; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.3992; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.3992

Abstract In February 2014, a rock pillar with a volume of around 150 000 m 3 collapsed at Piz Kesch in the Eastern Swiss Alps. A reconstruction of the conditions prior to the event and of the event itself is presented on the basis of different sources of data. The methods applied include photogramme...