Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions
The present time is one significant stage in the adjustment of mountain slopes to climate change, and specifically atmospheric warming. This review examines the state of understanding of the responses of mid-latitude alpine landscapes to recent cryospheric change, and summarizes the variety and comp...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:19151 2023-05-15T16:37:18+02:00 Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions Deline, P. (Philip) Gruber, S. (Stephan) Delaloye, R. (Reynald) Fischer, L. (Luzia) Geertsema, M. (Marten) Giardino, M. (Marco) Hasler, A. (Andreas) Kirkbride, M. (Martin) Krautblatter, M. (Michael) Magnin, F. (Florence) McColl, S. (Samuel) Ravanel, L. (Ludovic) Schoeneich, P. (Philippe) 2014-10-23 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19151 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-394849-6.00015-9 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19151 doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-394849-6.00015-9 Debuttressing Deep-seated gravitational slope deformation Glacier shrinkage Ice unloading Moraine instability Permafrost degradation Rock fall Rock glacier Rock slide info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart 2014 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-394849-6.00015-9 2022-02-06T21:52:02Z The present time is one significant stage in the adjustment of mountain slopes to climate change, and specifically atmospheric warming. This review examines the state of understanding of the responses of mid-latitude alpine landscapes to recent cryospheric change, and summarizes the variety and complexity of documented landscape responses involving glaciers, moraines, rock and debris slopes, and rock glaciers. These indicate how a common general forcing translates into varied site-specific slope responses according to material structures and properties, thermal and hydrological environments, process rates, and prior slope histories. Warming of permafrost in rock and debris slopes has demonstrably increased instability, manifest as rock glacier acceleration, rock falls, debris flows, and related phenomena. Changes in glacier geometry influence stress fields in rock and debris slopes, and some failures appear to be accelerating toward catastrophic failure. Several sites now require expensive monitoring and modeling to design effective risk-reduction strategies, especially where new lakes as multipliers of hazard potential form, and new activities and infrastructure are developed. Book Part Ice permafrost Carleton University's Institutional Repository New Lakes ENVELOPE(177.649,177.649,51.951,51.951) 521 561 |
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Debuttressing Deep-seated gravitational slope deformation Glacier shrinkage Ice unloading Moraine instability Permafrost degradation Rock fall Rock glacier Rock slide Deline, P. (Philip) Gruber, S. (Stephan) Delaloye, R. (Reynald) Fischer, L. (Luzia) Geertsema, M. (Marten) Giardino, M. (Marco) Hasler, A. (Andreas) Kirkbride, M. (Martin) Krautblatter, M. (Michael) Magnin, F. (Florence) McColl, S. (Samuel) Ravanel, L. (Ludovic) Schoeneich, P. (Philippe) Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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The present time is one significant stage in the adjustment of mountain slopes to climate change, and specifically atmospheric warming. This review examines the state of understanding of the responses of mid-latitude alpine landscapes to recent cryospheric change, and summarizes the variety and complexity of documented landscape responses involving glaciers, moraines, rock and debris slopes, and rock glaciers. These indicate how a common general forcing translates into varied site-specific slope responses according to material structures and properties, thermal and hydrological environments, process rates, and prior slope histories. Warming of permafrost in rock and debris slopes has demonstrably increased instability, manifest as rock glacier acceleration, rock falls, debris flows, and related phenomena. Changes in glacier geometry influence stress fields in rock and debris slopes, and some failures appear to be accelerating toward catastrophic failure. Several sites now require expensive monitoring and modeling to design effective risk-reduction strategies, especially where new lakes as multipliers of hazard potential form, and new activities and infrastructure are developed. |
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Deline, P. (Philip) Gruber, S. (Stephan) Delaloye, R. (Reynald) Fischer, L. (Luzia) Geertsema, M. (Marten) Giardino, M. (Marco) Hasler, A. (Andreas) Kirkbride, M. (Martin) Krautblatter, M. (Michael) Magnin, F. (Florence) McColl, S. (Samuel) Ravanel, L. (Ludovic) Schoeneich, P. (Philippe) |
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Deline, P. (Philip) Gruber, S. (Stephan) Delaloye, R. (Reynald) Fischer, L. (Luzia) Geertsema, M. (Marten) Giardino, M. (Marco) Hasler, A. (Andreas) Kirkbride, M. (Martin) Krautblatter, M. (Michael) Magnin, F. (Florence) McColl, S. (Samuel) Ravanel, L. (Ludovic) Schoeneich, P. (Philippe) |
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Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions |
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ice loss and slope stability in high-mountain regions |
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