Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2557-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2557-2019
Research article
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30 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2019

Mountain permafrost degradation documented through a network of permanent electrical resistivity tomography sites

Coline Mollaret, Christin Hilbich, Cécile Pellet, Adrian Flores-Orozco, Reynald Delaloye, and Christian Hauck

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We present a long-term multisite electrical resistivity tomography monitoring network (more than 1000 datasets recorded from six mountain permafrost sites). Despite harsh and remote measurement conditions, the datasets are of good quality and show consistent spatio-temporal variations yielding significant added value to point-scale borehole information. Observed long-term trends are similar for all permafrost sites, showing ongoing permafrost thaw and ground ice loss due to climatic conditions.