Heterogeneity of Surface Heat Exchange of Slopes and Potential Drivers of the Initiation of Thaw Slump, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Abstract In the mountainous permafrost area, most thaw slumps are distributed in north or northeast-facing shady slope areas. It is commonly known that there is a heterogeneity in permafrost between different slope aspects, but there has been a lack of detailed measured data to quantitatively evalua...

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Main Authors: Xingwen Fan, Wenjiao Li, Xuyang Wu, Miaomiao Yao, Fujun Niu, Zhanju Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-09-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-023-00508-8