A multidisciplinary approach to landslide monitoring in the Arctic: Case study of the March 2018 ML 1.9 seismic event near the Karrat 2017 landslide
Open Access
- 1 July 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
Abstract
The landslide of 17 June 2017 at Karrat Fjord, central West Greenland, triggered a tsunami that caused four fatalities. The catastrophe highlighted the need for a better understanding of landslides in Greenland and initiated a recent nation-wide landslide screening project led by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS; see also Svennevig (2019) this volume). This paper describes an approach for compiling freely available data on landslides to improve GEUS’ capability to monitor active landslides in remote areas of the Arctic in near real time.Keywords
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