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Permafrost Distribution in the Canadian Rockies: Key Variables Influencing Patch‐Scale Variability

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The spatial distribution of permafrost in mountainous regions is influenced by various factors such as topography, climate, vegetation, and substrate. Despite the existence of comprehensive permafrost maps at national and global levels, they fail to accurately represent the patch‐scale (e.g., < 25 m) permafrost distribution in characteristic ...
Gerardo Zegers, Masaki Hayashi, Pablo A. Mendoza   +2 more
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Experimental Investigation of Moisture Movement During Freeze–Thaw Cycles and Its Effect on Physical Rock Weathering in Low‐Porosity Alpine Limestone

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The progressive weakening of alpine rockwalls through subcritical cracking, driven by repeated low‐magnitude stress processes, plays a key role in alpine rock weathering. Laboratory studies using acoustic emission (AE) monitoring have shown that thermal stresses from freeze–thaw cycling induce crack propagation, with recent work highlighting ...
Andrew Mitchell, Oliver Sass
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A Holocene fjord record from Greenland reveals exceptional Atlantic water influence during minimum ice-sheet extent

Communications Earth & Environment
The Holocene Thermal Maximum has been considered an analog for near-future climate. Terrestrial records show that this period culminated in Southwest Greenland with the Greenland Ice Sheet retreating behind its present-day position.
Anna Bang Kvorning, Maija Heikkilä, Christof Pearce, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, Gavin L. Simpson, Lorenz Meire, Antoon Kuijpers, Nicolaj Krog Larsen, Sofia Ribeiro   +8 more
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Recent and future variability of the ice-sheet catchment of Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland

Journal of Glaciology
Knowledge of ice-sheet catchments is critical for mass-balance assessments, especially glacier-scale input–output budgets. This study explores variations in the catchment of Sermeq Kujalleq, or Jakobshavn Isbrø, Greenland. Six observation-based catchment
Anja Løkkegaard, William Colgan, Andy Aschwanden, Shfaqat Abbas Khan   +3 more
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Spatial Variability of Permafrost and Active Layer Thickness in a Forested Hillslope of the Taiga Shield

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under continued climate warming, understanding present‐day permafrost distribution and the controls on ground thaw are critical for predicting permafrost thaw trajectories and associated implications. This study presents a high‐resolution investigation of permafrost extent and active layer thickness (ALT) across a coniferous forested hillslope
Alana Muenchrath, Christopher Spence, Andrew Ireson   +2 more
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The Red Rock ice cliff revisited – six decades of frontal, mass and area changes in the Nunatarssuaq area, Northwest Greenland

Journal of Glaciology, 2020
We present changes of the ice margin in Northwest Greenland at the Eastern part of the Nunatarssuaq Ice Cap (NIC) over six decades. The ice margin in this area terminates as a near-vertical ice cliff of between 9 and 33 m thickness. During the years 1954–
Jakob Abermann, Jakob F Steiner, Rainer Prinz, Matthias Wecht, Peter Lisager   +4 more
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A Statistical‐Process Hybridized Approach to Modeling Permafrost Distribution in a Boreal Wetland Ecosystem, Whatì, NT, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐resolution mapping of permafrost in ecologically and topographically complex landscapes remains a major challenge. Existing models of permafrost extent often rely on equilibrium assumptions, which can misrepresent conditions in regions where permafrost persists largely due to ecosystem structure.
Philip P. Bonnaventure, Sophie MacLean, Nick C. Noad, Madeleine C. Garibaldi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unprecedented mass loss of Aldegondabreen, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Journal of Glaciology
We have been conducting mass-balance monitoring on Aldegondabreen since the early 21st century. Over the most recent five year period (2019/20–2023/24), the glacier has experienced its most negative mass balance, averaging −2.0 m w.e. a−1.
Anton V. Terekhov, Uliana Prokhorova, Diana Soloveva, Vasiliy Demidov, Igor Igorevich Vasilevich, Sergey Romanovich Verkulich   +5 more
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The Age and Origin of Block Deposits in the Victorian Alps, Australia

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large periglacial block deposits are found in the mountains of southeastern Australia. Despite their widespread distribution, their mode of formation and age are poorly understood. These landforms hold considerable potential to shed light on the nature of cooling during glacial periods. In this paper we present a new study of block deposits in
Timothy T. Barrows, Michelle S. Worland, Julian Murton, Stephanie C. Mills, L. Keith Fifield   +4 more
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Deciphering Freeze–Thaw Dynamics In Rockwalls: A Novel Approach for High Accuracy Regional‐Scale Modeling

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a large and novel array of instruments on five rockwalls in northern Gaspesia, their respective surface energy balances were calculated and their thermal regimes were measured and modeled to depths exceeding the seasonal frost penetration.
Tom Birien, Francis Gauthier
wiley   +1 more source