Long-term rates of mass wasting in Mesters Vig, northeast Greenland: Notes on a re-survey

Steve Carver, Naja Mikkelsen, John Woodward

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Re-surveys of surviving mass-wasting target lines established by A.L. Washburn in the late 1950s in the Mesters Vig area, northeast Greenland, are used to derive estimates of long-term mass wasting in the area. Rates of 2.9-8.1 cm.yr -1 are calculated for a 2.5-3° slope and 1.5-30.4 cm.yr -1 for a gelifluction lobe on a 15-23° slope. Compared to Washburn's short-term measurements for the same sites these long-term rates suggest a general increase in the rate of mass wasting in the Mesters Vig area over the last 40 years. This increase may be related to a general pattern of climatic amelioration for the east coast of Greenland.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Sider (fra-til)243-249
Antal sider7
TidsskriftPermafrost and Periglacial Processes
Vol/bind13
Udgave nummer3
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jul. 2002

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  • Programområde 5: Natur og klima

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