YUKON EXPLORATION AND GEOLOGY 2003 107 Permafrost and landslide activity:

• Main Authors: Crystal A. Huscroft, Panya S. Lipovsky, Jeffrey D. Bond
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Yukon; Le Fond; Takhini; Silver Creek; Takhini River; Haeckel Hill; Marshall Creek; Mount Sumanik; Ice; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.556.3289; http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/R71-41-2003E(9).pdf

Five case studies of recent landslides in southwestern Yukon Territory illustrate the role of permafrost in landslide processes of the region. In the Marshall Creek basin, permafrost degradation after recent forest fires caused numerous debris flows near the valley bottom. Similarly, on Haeckel Hill...