The effect of detachment sliding on surface wash erosion in the continuous permafrost zone, Hot Weather Creek, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories.

An experimental design was developed to evaluate the effect of active-layer detachment sliding on surface wash erosion. Specifically, the aim was to examine to what extent the disturbance of vegetation cover, changes in hydrological conditions due to topographic modification by detachment sliding an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kokelj, Steven V.
Other Authors: Lewkowicz, Antoni
Format: Others
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4070
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-10084