Landscape Evolution Triggered by Polycyclic Thermokarst on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory

• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, Michael, Pollard, Wayne, Krautblatter, Michael, Lantuit, Hugues
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel Island; Low Head; Pollard; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; wedge*
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41118/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48704

Retrogressive thaw slumps are a common thermokarst landform in areas of ice-rich continuous permafrost characterized by large massive ground ice bodies, often several metres thick and hundreds of metres in extent. These features can retreat inland by as much as 15-20 metres annually (Figure 1) and a...