Engineering geology of the Jettan rockslide, Kåfjorden

• Main Author: Berg, Jørgen Nicolai
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Andre geofag: 469; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Other geosciences: 469; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Tektonikk: 463; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Tectonics: 463; GEO-3900; Jettan; Nordnesfjellet; Finnmark; permafrost; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18489

The unstable rock slope (URS) Jettan is located at Nordnesfjellet in Kåfjorden municipality in Troms and Finnmark County, 800 m above the fjord. The rockslide has an estimated volume of 6 Mm3, and moving at a rate of up to 50 mm a-1. Jettan is considered a “high risk object” within the Norwegian uns...