Characteristics and failure mechanisms of the unstable rock slope Dusnjárga

• Main Author: Bekkevoll, Simen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Andre geofag: 469; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Other geosciences: 469; GEO-3900; Burfjord; Norway; The Toe; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25428

Large slowly creeping rock slope deformations, with an annual displacement in the range of millimeters to centimeters, have been prone to rapid catastrophic failures in the past. This master thesis focuses on the unstable rock slope of Dusnjárga in Northern Norway. A sudden rapid failure of Dusnjárg...