Journal
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Volume 153, Issue -, Pages 1-16Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.015
Keywords
Slope stability; Landslides; Paraglacial; Climate change; Deglaciation; Slope evolution
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Glaciation and deglaciation, along with their associated climatic and non-climatic processes, modify slope stresses and influence slope stability. Paraglacial slope failures are those that are a part of, or influenced by, the transition from glacial conditions to non-glacial conditions. Gravitational failure of rock slopes is a primary and dominant process of slope evolution in mountainous terrain and is the subject of this paper, which: (1) reviews the approaches taken for researching paraglacial rock slope failure patterns and processes; (2) summarises the spatial and temporal patterns of post-glacial failures; (3) assesses the factors influencing slope stability during glaciation and deglaciation; (4) explores some of the applications of paraglacial research; and (5) highlights some of the outstanding issues to be resolved and provides recommendations for terminology relating to paraglacial slope processes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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