Arctic coastal retreat through block failure

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1103-1115

  Hoque, Md Azharul ^a   Pollard, Wayne H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Block failure; Coastal retreat; Ice wedge; Permafrost; Thermoerosional niche

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BLOCK FAILURE; COASTAL RETREAT; ICE WEDGE; THERMOEROSIONAL NICHE;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; FAILURE MECHANISM; PERMAFROST; SLOPE STABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 70350431901     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-058     Document Type: Article

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