Journal
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Volume 290, Issue -, Pages 101-113Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.04.011
Keywords
Ice rich permafrost; Snow cover; Rock glacier; Base of talus slopes
Funding
- SNF Sinergia project TEMPS [CRSII2_136279]
- Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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The talus slope at Fliielapass was the first mountain permafrost study site in Switzerland in the 1970s and the presence of ice-rich permafrost at the foot of the slope has been investigated in the context of several studies focusing on the role of snow cover distribution. We review previously developed hypotheses and present new ones using various data sources, such as temperature measurements in boreholes, a subaquatic DEM generated from unmanned aerial system (UAS) photogrammetry, terrestrial laser scan measurements of snow depth, geophysical ground investigations and automatic time-lapse photography. From this combination of data sources together with observations in the field, an interesting sequence of geomorphologic processes is established at Fliielapass. As a result we show how mass wasting processes can initiate the genesis and long-term conservation of ice-rich permafrost at the base of a talus slope.
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