The impact of ground-ice thaw on landslide geomorphology and dynamics: two case studies in northern Iceland

• Published in: Landslides
• Main Authors: Morino, Costanza, Conway, Susan J., Balme, Matthew, R, Helgason, Jón, Kristinn, Sæmundsson, Þorsteinn, Jordan, Colm, Hillier, John, Argles, Tom
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Open University Milton Keynes (OU), Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), University of Iceland Reykjavik, British Geological Survey Keyworth, British Geological Survey (BGS), Loughborough University, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Milton Keynes, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Milton Keynes, The Open University Milton Keynes (OU)-The Open University Milton Keynes (OU), ANR-19-CE01-0010,Permolards,Les molards, marqueurs de l'évolution de la dégradation du pergélisol de montagne(2019)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Landslides; Permafrost; Ground ice; Iceland; Risk; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Árnesfjall; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03280914; https://hal.science/hal-03280914/document; https://hal.science/hal-03280914/file/Morino_et_al_2021_Landslides.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01661-1

International audience Abstract As consequence of ongoing climate change, permafrost degradation is thought to be increasingly affecting slope stability in periglacial environments. This is of growing concern in Iceland, where in the last decade, permafrost degradation has been identified among the...