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Ground thermal and geomechanical conditions in a permafrost-affected high-latitude rock avalanche site (Polvartinden, northern Norway)
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, 0806 Norway
Ketil Isaksen
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, 0313, Norway
Matthew J. Lato
BGC Engineering Inc., Ottawa ON, Canada
Formerly at: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI, Oslo, 0806 Norway
Jeannette Noetzli
WSL-Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, 7260, Switzerland
Formerly at: University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland
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On 26 June 2008, a rock avalanche with a volume of ca. 500 000 m3 detached in the north-east facing slope of Polvartinden, a high-alpine peak in northern Norway. Ice was observed in the failure zone shortly after the rock avalanche, leading to the assumption that degrading permafrost might have played an important role in the detaching of the Signaldalen rock avalanche. Here, we present a four-year series of temperature measurements from the site and subsequent temperature modelling results.
On 26 June 2008, a rock avalanche with a volume of ca. 500 000 m3 detached in the north-east...
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