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Spatial Controls of Turf‐Banked Solifluction Lobes and Their Role for Paraglacial Adjustment in Glacier Forelands

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  • Daniel Draebing
  • Jana Eichel

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In glacier forelands, solifluction is a major and fast‐responding paraglacial process in the adjustment of low‐ or moderately‐inclined moraine slopes. However, the spatial pattern of the factors that control solifluction and their interactions are poorly understood. In this study, we combine geomorphic and vegetation mapping, analysis of borehole material and time domain reflectometry with two‐dimensional (2D) and three‐dimensional (3D) electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to quantify the controlling factors and evaluate their influence on sediment transport. The investigated turf‐banked solifluction lobe is located on the distal slope of a 1920s lateral moraine in the foreland of the Turtmann glacier in the southern Swiss Alps. Our data demonstrate the interaction between material, soil moisture and vegetation, which results in geomorphometric features such as (i) frontal and lateral risers, (ii) a lobe tread and (iii) a ridge. Lobe size indicates intense solifluction movement in the last 100 years. The interaction of controlling factors results in a negative feedback which stabilises the lobe and, thus, limits paraglacial sediment transport to frost heave processes on the ridge. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Daniel Draebing & Jana Eichel, 2017. "Spatial Controls of Turf‐Banked Solifluction Lobes and Their Role for Paraglacial Adjustment in Glacier Forelands," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(2), pages 446-459, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:28:y:2017:i:2:p:446-459
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1930
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