Why permafrost rocks become unstable: A rock-ice-mechanical model in time and space

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 876-887

  Krautblatter, Michael ^a   Funk, Daniel ^b   Günzel, Friederike K ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mountain geomorphology; Para glacial geomorphology; Permafrost, rock ice mechanics; Rock slope stability

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS; COMPRESSIVE AND TENSILE STRENGTHS; DESTABILIZATION PROCESS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; WATER-SATURATED ROCKS;

FRACTURE; FRICTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; PERMAFROST; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THAWING; TRIBOLOGY;

ICE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; COULOMB CRITERION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE MECHANICS; MODEL TEST; MOHR THEORY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THAWING;

EID: 84879224063     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3374     Document Type: Article

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