In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2010, vol. 368, no. 1919, p. 2435-2459
The number of large slope failures in some high-mountain regions such as the European Alps has increased during the past two to three decades. There is concern that recent climate change is driving this increase in slope failures, thus possibly further exacerbating the hazard in the future. Although the effects of a gradual temperature rise on glaciers and permafrost have been extensively...
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