Influence of Degrading Permafrost on Landsliding Processes: Little Salmon Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Main Authors: Lyle, R., Hutchinson, D. Jean
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ECI Digital Archives 2006
• Subjects: landslide; permafrost; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Engineering; Yukon; Canada; Little Salmon; Little Salmon Lake; Magundy River; Ice
• Online Access: https://dc.engconfintl.org/geohazards/4; https://dc.engconfintl.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=geohazards

A landslide inventory was carried out for the Little Salmon Lake area, Yukon Territory, Canada, in response to observations of several new landslides in the area, suspected to be the result of degrading permafrost. The largest of these landslides, the Magundy River bi-modal flow-slide, has progresse...