Geometric and Material Variability Influences Stress States Relevant to Coastal Permafrost Bluff Failure

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Thomas, Matthew A., Mota, Alejandro, Jones, Benjamin M., Choens, R. Charles, Frederick, Jennifer M., Bull, Diana L.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Arctic; The Bluff; Ice; permafrost; wedge*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1770781; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1770781; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00143

Scientific knowledge and engineering tools for predicting coastal erosion are largely confined to temperate climate zones that are dominated by non-cohesive sediments. The pattern of erosion exhibited by the ice-bonded permafrost bluffs in Arctic Alaska, however, is not well-explained by these tools...