Prolonged and profound changes of retrogressive thaw slumps (Herschel Island – Qikiqtaruk, Yukon, Canada)

• Main Authors: Eppinger, Saskia, Krautblatter, Michael, Lantuit, Hugues, Fritz, Michael, Lenz, Josefine, Angelopoulos, Michael
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Herschel; permafrost; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56078/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56078/1/Poster_Polartagung_Eppinger_2022.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.bfdbfe0c-5874-4047-8e46-8c7fb2d37a11; https://hdl.handle.net/

Along Arctic coastlines retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are common thermokarst landform. They deliver a large amount of material rich in organic carbon to the nearshore zone. In the last century the number of RTS has strongly increased in the Canadian Arctic. Mainly characterized by rapidly changing...