Small rock-slope failures conditioned by Holocene permafrost degredation: A new approach and conceptual model based on Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating in Jotunheimen, southern Norway

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Matthews, J. A., Winkler, S., Wilson, P., Tomkins, M. D., Dortch, J. M., Mourne, R. W., Hill, J., Owen, G., Vater, A. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Norway; Small Rock; permafrost
• Online Access: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36756/; http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36756/1/Rockfalls%20-%20R2%20revised%20text%20%28changes%20ACCEPTED%29.doc; http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36756/3/Rockfalls%20-%20R2%20revised%20text%20%28changes%20ACCEPTED%29%20%281%29.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12336

Rock-slope failures (RSFs) constitute significant natural hazards but the geophysical processes which control their timing are poorly understood. However, robust chronologies can provide valuable information on the environmental controls on RSF occurrence: information which can inform models of RSF...