Investigation of a landslide in discontinuous permafrost near Chitina, Alaska

• Main Author: Obermiller, Kyle E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Landslides; Chitina; Soil mechanics of slopes; Permafrost; Dendrochronology; Master of Science in Geological Engineering; Fairbanks; McCarthy; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12686

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011 Few studies have investigated landslides in frozen ground. As Alaska's population grows and climate warms, we can expect an increase in landslide frequency. This thesis presents mapping and subsurface analysis of a slide occurring in discontinu...