Geomorphological study of the rock-slope failure at Adjet, Storfjord, Troms

• Main Author: Nopper, Hannah
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2015
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Andre geofag: 469; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Other geosciences: 469; Adjet; rock-slope failure; rock glacier; InSAR; GEO-3900; Long Ridge; Norway; glacier; Lyngen; Northern Norway; permafrost; Storfjord; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/7758

Norway is known for its steep mountains and many fjords. This landscape provides the potential for large rock-slope failures (RSFs) which, in turn, can cause other catastrophic hazards, e.g. tsunamis. In Troms County, northern Norway, many RSFs are found east and west of the Lyngen peninsula, within...