What Triggers Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Arctic Coastal Zone?

• Main Authors: Lantuit, Hugues, Fritz, Michael, Krautblatter, Michael, Angelopoulos, Michael, Pollard, Wayne H.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Herschel; Herschel Island; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; Yukon
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34648/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42836

Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are spectacular lateral thermokarst features occurring in ice-rich permafrost regions. They develop along streams or coastlines and expand inland to form landslide-like U-shaped scars exceeding a kilometer size in selected locations. These slumps are a major source of...