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Studien zur periglazialen Reliefformung der zentralen Brooks Range und des Arctic Slope, Nord-Alaska Periglacial mesorelief forming of the central Brooks Range and the Arctic Slope, northern Alaska
  • Studien zur periglazialen Reliefformung der zentralen Brooks Range und des Arctic Slope, Nord-Alaska Periglacial mesorelief forming of the central Brooks Range and the Arctic Slope, northern Alaska
  • Alaska ; Arctic Slope ; Brooks Range ; Géographie des régions polaires ; Géomorphologie climatique ; Modelé périglaciaire ; Montagne ; Pédiment ; Périglaciaire ; Versant
  • Cette étude géomorphologique des Brooks Range (Philip Smith Mountains) et de l'Arctic Slope voisin concerne le modelé périglaciaire du mésorelief. A ce sujet deux questions se posent : 1) le modelé périglaciaire du relief montagneux. 2) Le modelé
Quaternary deposits of Orustdalen (West Spitsbergen)
  • Arctic Ocean;Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Glacial features ; Quaternary ; Sedimentology ; Slope ; Spitsbergen ; Svalbard
Slope sediment yield in arid lowland continuous permafrost environments, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  • Slope sediment yield in arid lowland continuous permafrost environments, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  • Arctic Region ; Canada ; Cold area ; Ellesmere ; Erosion rate ; Model ; Northwest Territories ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Plant cover ; Rill wash ; Sediment budget ; Slope ; Slope gradient ; Soil erosion ; Suspended load
Ice wedges on hillslopes and landform evolution in the late Quaternary, western Arctic coast, Canada
  • Ice wedges on hillslopes and landform evolution in the late Quaternary, western Arctic coast, Canada
  • Active layer ; Arctic Region ; Canada ; Coastal environment ; Cold area ; Diapir ; Ice wedge ; Permafrost ; Quaternary ; Slope ; Slope gradient ; Soil erosion
  • This paper discusses how hilltop epigenetic wedges can evolve into hillslope anti-syngenetic wedges by prolonged slope denudation. It demonstrates the existence, on hillslopes, of thermally induced mass transport of the active layer from polygon
A High Arctic frost-creep/gelifluction slope, 1981-89 : Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
  • A High Arctic frost-creep/gelifluction slope, 1981-89 : Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Relations between slope processes and active-layer thickness 1972-2002, Kapp Linné, Svalbard
  • Relations between slope processes and active-layer thickness 1972-2002, Kapp Linné, Svalbard
  • Active layer ; Arctic Region ; Climatic variability ; Creep ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; Solifluction ; Spitsbergen ; Svalbard
  • The aims of this study are to describe some of the slope forms and processes characteristics of the west coast of Spitsbergen, and to obtain quantitative data on the relations between solifluction, creep rates and the summer climate. Special
  • attention is paid to the depth of the active layer that has been monitored parallel both at the slope sites and within the International Permafrost Association's CALM (circumpolar active layer monitoring) sites. The macroclimate is covered by data from Kapp
  • Linné for the period 1912 to 2004. The slope processe respond clearly to the deeper active layer. The effect is clearest during the last decade when solifliction and creep rates increased significantly.
Frequency and importance of major debris-flows in Arctic and other mountains
  • Frequency and importance of major debris-flows in Arctic and other mountains
  • Arctic Ocean;Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Debris flow ; Earth surface processes ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Norway ; Permafrost ; Precipitation ; Rill wash;Runoff ; Slope dynamics ; Soil erosion ; Sweden ; United States ; Vegetation
Factors for the distribution of polar oases in Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, from the viewpoint of geoecology
  • Factors for the distribution of polar oases in Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, from the viewpoint of geoecology
  • Canada ; Cold area ; Ellesmere ; Geo-ecology ; Geology ; Habitat ; Lithology ; Northwest Territories ; Polar region ; Slope gradient ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial distribution ; Tundra
  • are distributed in the lowland and on the north-faced slopes of the southern mountains, while on the northern mountains vegetation is scanty. The A. considers that the difference of stability of slope deposits has brought about the extreme difference in plant
Meteorology, topography and snowpack conditions causing two extreme mid-winter slush and wet slab avalanche periods in High Arctic Maritime Svalbard
  • Meteorology, topography and snowpack conditions causing two extreme mid-winter slush and wet slab avalanche periods in High Arctic Maritime Svalbard
  • Arctic Region ; Avalanche ; Climatic data ; Climatic variability ; Natural hazards ; Snow ; Snow cover ; Svalbard ; Topography
  • , morphology, aspect and slope inclination of the individual avalanches, the AA. discuss the predictability of future mid-winter slush avalanche events in High Arctic maritime Svalbard. The results have important implications for improved process understanding
  • of large-scale avalanching and also add to understanding of how wet snow avalanche cycles can be influenced by climate change and/or occur within the natural meteorological variability of the maritime climate of High Arctic Svalbard.
  • [b1] Arctic Geology Dep., Univ. Centre in Svalbard, Norvege
Vegetation-soil-thaw-depth-relationships along a low-arctic bioclimate gradient, Alaska : synthesis of information from the ATLAS studies
  • Vegetation-soil-thaw-depth-relationships along a low-arctic bioclimate gradient, Alaska : synthesis of information from the ATLAS studies
  • Active layer ; Alaska ; Arctic Region ; Bioclimatology ; Biomass ; Climatic warming ; Cold area ; Ecosystem ; Permafrost ; Soil properties ; Thawing ; Tundra ; Vegetation ; Vegetation index
  • be extended across the Arctic Slope and expanded to the warmer tundra on the Seward Peninsula as a step towards developing a circumpolar map of active layer thickness. The trends reported hereare useful for palaeo-ecological reconstructions and predictions
  • The AA. examine how vegetation, soils, and thaw depth vary across the arctic bioclimate gradient in northern Alaska. One objective is to determine if the patterns of vegetation and active layers observed in the Kuparuk River basin could reasonably
  • of future ecosystem changes in the Low Arctic.
Profiles of temporal thaw depths beneath two Arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar
  • Profiles of temporal thaw depths beneath two Arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar
  • dynamics in arctic streams. The AA. selected sites with the objectives of including stream reaches that span a range of geomorphologic conditions on Alaska's North Slope.
Le recul fini-hologène des parois métamorphiques du Spitsberg : une évolution à trois vitesses
  • Arctic Ocean;Arctic Region ; Biogenic action;Biogenic process ; Cold area ; Erosion ; Gelifraction ; Glacial features ; Lichenometry ; Metamorphic rock ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; Spitsbergen ; Svalbard ; Weathering
Nivation in the High Tatras, Poland
  • Arctic and alpine geomorphology and environmental change
  • Earth surface processes ; Freeze-thaw cycle ; Lithology ; Mountain ; Nivation hollow ; Plant cover ; Poland ; Quantitative analysis ; Slope dynamics ; Snow ; Tatra Mountains
  • This paper discusses nivation and its effects, based on quantitative studies. These are related to local environmental conditions including slope type, aspect and weathering cover. It illustrates the role of snow patches in the High Tatras.
Arctic rockwall retreat rates estimated using laboratory-calibrated ERT measurements of talus cones in Longyeardalen, Svalbard
  • Arctic rockwall retreat rates estimated using laboratory-calibrated ERT measurements of talus cones in Longyeardalen, Svalbard
  • Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Debris cone ; Electrical resistivity tomography ; Erosion rate ; Geographical information system ; LiDAR ; Permafrost ; Polar region ; Slope dynamics ; Svalbard
  • Here the AA. investigate Holocene rockwall retreat of exposed arctic sandstone cliffs in Longyeardalen, central Svalbard and apply laboratory-calibrated electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to determine talus sediment thickness. Temperature
  • -resistivity functions of 2 sandstone samples are measured in the laboratory and compared with borehole temperatures from the talus slope. High-resolution LiDAR-scanning and ERT subsurface information were collated in a GIS to interpolate the bedrock surface
Solifluction and translocation processes in bedded periglacial formations. State of the art
  • Alps (The) ; Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Creep ; Drainage ; Europe ; Leaching ; Periglacial features ; Quaternary ; Slope deposit ; Solifluction ; Thawing
Polar desert vegetation and plant recruitment in Murdchisonfjord, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
  • The International Polar Year project Kinnvika - Arctic warming and impact research at 80° N
  • Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Cold desert ; Ecosystem ; Polar region ; Soil moisture ; Soil properties ; Svalbard ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics
  • A vegetation survey in the vicinity of Kinnvika in Murchisonfjord, Nordaustlandet, was carried out at 23 sites ranging from sparsely vegetated to almost complete cover on the slopes under a birdcliff. In total, 36 vascular plant species were
  • , warmth, nutrients and a more stable environment for establishing plants, and is thus of major importance for plant community development in High Arctic polar deserts.
  • [b1] Dep. of Arctic and Marine Biology, Univ., Tromsø, Norvege
  • [a2] Arctic Centre, Univ. of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finlande
Struktura funkcjonalna krajobrazu grzbietu górskiego Struvefjella na Sørkapplandzie (Spitsbergen)
  • Arctic Region ; Catena ; Cold area ; Geo-ecology ; Mountain ; Slope ; Slope gradient ; Soil ; Spitsbergen ; Svalbard
  • This paper describes an attempt to apply unconventional methods in studying the functional structure of a mountain landscape, as exemplified by a research area in north-eastern Sørkappland (Spitsbergen). The approach is based around slope systems
  • , since slopes account for the greater part of the land area in mountains and are the locations for important streams of matter and energy. The work assumed that the diversity of ways in which slope systems function is reflected in a diversity
  • of geocomplex sequence types on slopes, i.e. in the presence of various geoecological catenas. Map of uroczysko areas, topographical maps and the results of fieldwork were all used to analyse the sequence of spatial units along slope catena lines. 30 types
Hillslope geomorphology and geotechnique
  • Active layer ; Avalanche ; Canada ; Catastrophe ; Cold area ; Debris flow ; Gelifluction ; Geotechnics;Engineering geology ; Land use ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Permafrost ; Slope ; Slope dynamics
  • This review focuses on recent Canadian contributions to hillslope geomorphology, and emphasizes geotechnical studies of mass movement phenomena in the Canadian Cordillera, including debris flows, rock avalanches, talus slopes, rock creep, and slow
  • earthflow. A brief discussion is included of quick-clay flow slides in eastern Canada, and gelifluction phenomena in arctic and alpine areas. Comparisons are made with similar geotechnical work conducted in the Pacific-rim steeplands.
Case studies of geoprocesses and environmental change in mountains of northern Sweden
  • Arctic and alpine geomorphology and environmental change
  • Cold area ; Debris flow ; Mountain ; Rainstorm ; Slope dynamics ; Snow ; Soil erosion ; Solifluction ; Sweden
  • This paper on selected case studies makes comparisons with climate parameters, slope erosion caused by rapid snow melt and slushflows (slush avalanches, slushers), and slope erosion due to debris flows or slides, triggered by heavy rainfalls
Field instrumentation for real-time monitoring of periglacial solifluction
  • Arctic Region ; Cold area ; Ground survey ; Instrumentation ; Norway ; Periglacial features ; Research technique ; Slope dynamics ; Solifluction ; Svalbard
  • The AA. describe new field instrumentation recently installed on a non-permafrost solifluction slope in Dovrefjell, Norway, and a continous permafrost solifluction slope in Svalbard. The equipment is designed to provide continuous data on soil