Schmidt-Hammer Dating of Five Rock Slope Failures in the Westfjords of Iceland

• Main Authors: Portier, Émilie, Mercier, Denis, Decaulne, Armelle
• Other Authors: Sorbonne Université (SU), Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (LGP), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IPEV Programme PARI 1266
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: SHED; radiocarbon dating; landslides; Paraglacial; Deglaciation; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; Bolungarvík; Hraun; Óshólar; Sunddalur; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04117985

Rock slopes failures (RSF) are numerous in Iceland, especially in the eastern, northern and northwestern regions, which correspond to Tertiary basaltic formations. Five sites have been specifically studied in the Westfjords around Bolungarvík: Óshólar, Minni-Hlið, Sunddalur, Vatnadalur and Meira-Hra...