Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

active-layer detachment failure

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/illustrateddictionary/activelayerdetachmentfailure

Within: An Illustrated Permafrost Dictionary

Definition: A landslide in which the thawed surface layer of the ground detaches and slides downslope over frozen soil .

Term active-layer detachment failure en
Comment Did you know? Active-layer detachment failures typically happen during particularly warm summers or after heavy rainfall or forest fire. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.52381/CPA.permafrostdictionary.1 xsd:anyURI

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