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Brief communication: Combining borehole temperature, borehole piezometer and cross-borehole electrical resistivity tomography measurements to investigate seasonal changes in ice-rich mountain permafrost
Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse
11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions
Research Center CERC, Flüelastrasse 11,7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Chasper Buchli
Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse
11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Samuel Weber
Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse
11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions
Research Center CERC, Flüelastrasse 11,7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Jacopo Boaga
Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6,
35131 Padua, Italy
Mirko Pavoni
Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6,
35131 Padua, Italy
Alexander Bast
Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse
11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions
Research Center CERC, Flüelastrasse 11,7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
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Short summary
A new combination of temperature, water pressure and cross-borehole electrical resistivity data is used to investigate ice/water contents in an ice-rich rock glacier. The landform is close to 0°C and has locally heterogeneous characteristics, ice/water contents and temperatures. The techniques presented continuously monitor temporal and spatial phase changes to a depth of 12 m and provide the basis for a better understanding of accelerating rock glacier movements and future water availability.
A new combination of temperature, water pressure and cross-borehole electrical resistivity data...
