| Responsible Countries: |
Russia, |
| Abstract: | Olkhon Island was the area of investigation near southern border of permafrost. The island landscapes are arid desert-steppes. It was no permanent permafrost studies here before. The information about cryogenic relief evolution and morphologic and morphometric characteristics of them from field studies and remote sensing data was obtained. Hourly temperature data in the course of the year from the pit were analyzed. The different cases of the cryogenic factor impact on the slope mass-movement was considered. |
| Keywords: | Sporadic permafrost, arid climate, cryogenic factor, slope mass-movement processes |
| Language: | Russian |
| Version: | 1 |
| Digital Object Identifier(DOI): | 10.1007/s10346-014-0488-7 |
