Enhanced rock-slope failure following ice-sheet deglaciation : timing and causes

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Ballantyne, Colin, Wilson, Peter, Gheorghiu, Delia, Rodés, Àngel
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews.Geography & Sustainable Development
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: rock-slope failure; paraglacial; surface exposure dating; stress release; palaeoseismicity; GB Physical geography; GB; Jura; Loch Lomond; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10023/5839; https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3495

This research was supported by NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility [Grant Number: 9046.0308] The temporal pattern of rock-slope failures (RSFs) following Late Pleistocene deglaciation on tectonically stable terrains is controversial: previous studies variously suggest (1) a rapid response due...