Estimating Non‐Conductive Heat Flow Leading to Intra‐Permafrost Talik Formation at the Ritigraben Rock Glacier (Western Swiss Alps)

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Rachel Luethi, Marcia Phillips, Michael Lehning
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Talik; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1911

Although non‐conductive heat flow plays an important role in the evolution of rock glacier temperature and dynamics, few studies have quantified it. At the Ritigraben rock glacier (Switzerland), intra‐permafrost talik formation was observed at around 12 m depth and related to snowmelt and rainfall i...