5th European Conference on Permafrost

Opening Ceremony

Salle Michel Payot

LOC and IPA

15 - The furthest frontier: Planetary Permafrost

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Antoine Séjourné, Susan Conway, Ernst Hauber

› Erosion of impact craters on Mars: the role of permafrost processes - Susan Conway, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes UMR-CNRS 6112, 2 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Shallow Permafrost Mapping on Mars using Seasonal Thermal Infrared Observations - Sylvain Piqueux, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Grid mapping of ice-related landforms in Acidalia Planitia, Mars - Ernst Hauber, Institute of Planetary Research, DLR, Berlin 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Morphometrics evidence of glacial features in martian highlands: Dawes crater - Axel BOUQUETY, Géosciences Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Interpretation of the first CaSSIS/TGO observations of circum-polar Martian regions by means of laboratory measurements on icy analogues - Antoine Pommerol, Physikalisches Institut [Bern] 10:15-10:30 (15min)

11 - Mass-wasting processes in Cold environments

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Costanza Morino, Marta Chiarle, Philip Deline

› Connectivity and sediment transfer at the front of active rock glaciers - Mario Kummert, University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Identification of periglacial processes and their link to rockfalls - Daniel Draebing, Chair of Landslide Research, Technical University of Munich 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Mechanical modelling strategies for warming permafrost rock slopes - Michael Krautblatter, Technical University of Munich 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› The collapse of LIA moraines as a consequence of the Belvedere Glacier dramatic shrinkage (Italian Alps, Monte Rosa Range) - Andrea Tamburini, Imageo Srl 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Daily Monitoring of a Retrogressive Thaw Slump on the Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut - Melissa Ward Jones, Department of Geography, McGill University 10:15-10:30 (15min)

12 - Thermal state of permafrost and active layer dynamics

Salle Paul Payot

Jeannette Nötzli, Alexey Maslakov, Dmitry Streletsky

› Spatial and temporal trends in permafrost conditions across three discontinuous zones, Alaska Highway corridor, northwest Canada - Antoni Lewkowicz, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska may start thawing earlier than previously expected - Vladimir Romanovsky, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, Russia, University of Alaska Fairbanks 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Effect of snow layer accumulation and glacial transition in a permafrost thermal regime (Livingston Island. Antarctica). - Miguel RAMOS, Departamento de Física y Matemáticas. UAH, Centro de Estudos Geográficos. 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Reconstructing temperature histories from GTN-P permafrost borehole temperature records - Fabian Kneier, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Extracting the time signal in surface velocity changes along 3 decades at Laurichard rock glacier (French Alps) - Emmanuel Thibert, Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches 10:15-10:30 (15min)

6 - Linking terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic: Organic matter, nutrients and pollutants and their lateral transport from permafrost-affected soils

Salle Isabella Straton

Michael Fritz, Jorien Vonk, Alevtina Evgrafova

› Acceleration of thermokarst alters the nature of terrestrial-aquatic linkages in glaciated permafrost terrain, western Arctic Canada. - Steve Kokelj, Northwest Territories Geological Survey 09:15-09:45 (30min)

› The source and fate of mercury in the snowpack of a watershed underlain by continuous permafrost near Utqiaġvik, Alaska - Thomas Douglas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Long-term mercury transport in High Arctic watersheds subject to permafrost degradation - Michael Pope, Queen's University [Kingston] 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Changing biogeochemical function in thaw-disturbed freshwater networks of the Peel Plateau, western Canadian Arctic - Suzanne Tank, University of Alberta [Edmonton] 10:15-10:30 (15min)

19 - Polar Coastlines in Transition: Arctic – Antarctic perspectives

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Matt C. Strzelecki, Louise Farquharson, Boris Radosavljevic, Vladislav Isaev

› Coastal changes in Greenland - Aart Kroon, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Center for Permafrost 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Coastal responses to changing sea-ice regime: an Arctic mega-transect - Louise Farquharson, Department of Geoscience, University of Alaska Fairbanks 11:16-11:30 (14min)

› Long-term retreat of coastal permafrost bluffs, Barter Island, Alaska - Ann Gibbs, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 11:31-11:45 (14min)

› Ground ice as a factor of coastal dynamics at south-western part of Kara Sea - Nataliya Belova, Faculty of geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University 11:46-12:00 (14min)

› Mechanisms controlling the evolution of rocky coasts in polar climates – examples from Arctic and Antarctic (Svalbard and South Shetland Islands) - Mateusz Strzelecki, University of Wroclaw 12:01-12:15 (14min)

11 - Mass-wasting processes in Cold environments

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Costanza Morino, Marta Chiarle, Philip Deline

› UAV-based mapping of turf-banked solifluction lobe movement and its relation to material, thermal and vegetation controls - Jana Eichel, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› What's up on Caribou slope, Wyâshâkimî lake, Nunavik, Canada? - Armelle Decaulne, Littoral Environnement Télédétection Géomatique 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Dynamics of the Aget back-creeping push-moraine from 1998 to 2017 - Julie Wee, University of Fribourg, Geography 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Contribution of Coastal Retrogressive Thaw Slumps to the Nearshore Organic Carbon Budget along the Yukon Coast - Justine Ramage, University of Potsdam, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Quantification of Holocene nivation rates on deglaciated surfaces of James Ross Island, Antarctica - Michaela Kňažková, Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno 12:00-12:15 (15min)

12 - Thermal state of permafrost and active layer dynamics

Salle Paul Payot

Jeannette Nötzli, Alexey Maslakov, Dmitry Streletsky

› Two Decades Of Permafrost Monitoring In North-Eastern Asia - Andrey Abramov, Institute of physico-chemical and biological problems in soil science 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Long-term (1996-2017) thaw subsidence above anti-syngenetic ice wedges at Illisarvik, western Arctic coast, Canada - Christopher Burn, Carleton University 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Temporal Variability of the Active-Layer Thickness on the North Slope of Alaska - Nikolay Shiklomanov, The George Washington University 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Variability in shallow permafrost temperature: results from 17 years of monitoring in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica: latest data and trends - Megan Balks, University of Waikato 12:00-12:15 (15min)

6 - Linking terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic: Organic matter, nutrients and pollutants and their lateral transport from permafrost-affected soils

Salle Isabella Straton

Michael Fritz, Jorien Vonk, Alevtina Evgrafova

› Sources and degradation status of particulate organic carbon in the Kolyma River watershed - Lisa Bröder, Vrije Universiteit, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› DOC export from Yedoma to rivers via thermo-erosional gullies and valleys in the Siberian Lena Delta - Anne Morgenstern, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Composition and state of decay of soil organic matter in Cryosols of the Lena River Delta - Isabel Prater, Chair of Soil Science, Technische Universität München 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Spatio-temporal patterns of POC, dissolved CO2, and CH4 in warming permafrost: comparing results from a control and drained floodplain tundra site in NE Siberia - Sandra Raab, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Water and DOC fluxes from a Subarctic catchment underlain by discontinuous permafrost - Nikita Tananaev, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS 12:00-12:15 (15min)

3 - Permafrost engineering and the related risks

Salle Michel Payot

Kevin Bjella, Guy Dore, Elizaveta Makarychev

› Assessing the impact of permafrost thaw on Yukon roads: Alaska Highway and Dempster Highway, YT, Canada - Fabrice Calmels, Yukon Research Centre - Yukon College 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Thermal response of air convection embankment (ACE) over ice-rich permafrost at Beaver Creek experimental road site, Yukon, Canada - Xiangbing Kong, Center for Northern Studies, Laval University 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Cooling enhancement of a new crushed rock revetment embankment in a warm permafrost region - Fujun Niu, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Simulation of Thermal Regime of Permafrost-Resistant Roads - Yury Ramanouski, Simmakers Ltd. 11:45-12:00 (15min)

21 - In situ permafrost sensing and monitoring technologies

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Anna Wagner, Nate Lindsey, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin

› Signals before subsidence: seismic waves slow down during permafrost thaw - Nate Lindsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley], University of California, Berkeley 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Thermal Monitoring of Frozen Wall Thawing at Petrikov Mine - Aleksei Pugin, Mining Institute Ural Branch Russian Academy of Sciences 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Systematic derivation of anchoring forces in permafrost affected bedrock - Regina Pläsken, Technical University Munich, Chair of Landslide research 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Establishment of a complex ecological observation network in the discontinuous permafrost zone of Interior Alaska - Alexander Kholodov, University of Alaska Fairbanks 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Hydro-chemical detection of dead ice and permafrost degradation - Sabine Kraushaar, University of Vienna, Dept. of Geography and Regional Research 15:00-15:15 (15min)

24 - Permafrost hazards in high mountains

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Michael Krautblatter, Christian Huggel, Markus Keuschnig

› Modelling late Pleistocene and Holocene permafrost conditions in steep rock walls in Norway - Kristin Sæterdal Myhra, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Acoustic and micro-seismic signal of rockfall on Matterhorn - Samuel Weber, University of Zurich 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Do deformation patterns and initial failure timing of rock-slope instabilities in Norway relate to permafrost dynamics? - Paula Hilger, Univeristy of Oslo, Geological Survey of Norway 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Thermal and mechanical modelling of massive rock slope failure following fjord deglaciation - Benjamin Jacobs, Technical University of Munich 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› A temperature- and stress-controlled failure criterion for ice-filled permafrost rock joints - Philipp Mamot, Technical University of Munich 15:00-15:15 (15min)

12 - Thermal state of permafrost and active layer dynamics

Salle Paul Payot

Alexey Maslakov, Dmitry Streletskiy, Jeannette Nötzli

› Remote-sensing based global map of permafrost - Jaroslav Obu, University of Oslo 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Ecotype-based modeling of ground temperature dynamics in Alaska - Matvey Debolskiy, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Environmental controls on ground temperatures in Labrador, northeast Canada - Robert Way, Labrador Institute, Memorial University 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Investigating the sensitivity of soil freeze/thaw dynamics to environmental conditions in the Tibetan Plateau based on observations and satellite-based model simulations - Huiru Jiang, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River, Sichuan University 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Comparing frost table depth with vegetation cover, snow, and microtopography using 3500 frost probe measurements from a shrub-tundra site - Evan Wilcox, Wilfrid Laurier University 15:00-15:15 (15min)

6 - Linking terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic: Organic matter, nutrients and pollutants and their lateral transport from permafrost-affected soils

Salle Isabella Straton

Michael Fritz, Jorien Vonk, Alevtina Evgrafova

› Hydrochemical features of gas-emission crater lakes embedded into marine deposits - Yury Dvornikov, Earth Cryosphere Institute Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Viable Ancient Protists in Cryosols and Permafrost: Possible Input to the Modern Arctic Ecosystems - Alexey Lupachev, Institute of physico-chemical and biological problems in soil science, RAS 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Biogeochemical impacts of dust deposition on Arctic soils, Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland - Maud van Soest, Loughborough University (UNITED KINGDOM) 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› The permafrost mineral reserve: identify potential mineral nutrient hotspots upon thawing - Sophie Opfergelt, Université catholique de Louvain 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› NUNATARYUK - Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation - Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Pier Overduin, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research - Leena-Kaisa Viitanen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research 15:00-15:15 (15min)

3 - Permafrost engineering and the related risks

Salle Michel Payot

Kevin Bjella, Guy Dore, Elizaveta Makarychev

› Developing a research coordination network to identify challenges of and solutions to permafrost related coastal erosion and its socioecological impact in the Arctic - Ming Xiao, Pennsylvania State University - Louise Farquharson, University of Alaska Fairbanks 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Investigations of the thermoerosion process on the Tazovskiy peninsula, north of Siberia - Vasily Tolmanov, Lomonosov Moscow State University 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Cone penetration testing of permafrost soils - Nikolay Volkov, Fugro GEOINGSERVICE 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of artificial ground freezing process - Oleg Plekhov, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics Ural Branch Russian Academy of Sciences 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Temperature changes influence on slopes stability at the Baydara bay sites of Kara sea - Alexander Nazarov, Lomonosov Moscow state university, Department of geocryology. 15:00-15:15 (15min)

18 - Deep permafrost - From local to global influences

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Jens Strauss, Gustaf Hugelius, Mathias Ulrich

› Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in Arctic river deltas: New data for three Northwest Alaskan deltas - Matthias Fuchs, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Organic carbon stored in a thermokarst affected landscape on Baldwin Peninsula, Alaska - Loeka Jongejans, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Vulnerability of Yedoma carbon to permafrost thaw – Insights from 14CO2 analysis - Anja Wotte, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› The nitrogen stock of the ice-rich yedoma domain - Jens Strauss, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Periglacial Research Section 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Unfrozen liquid water content and long-term permafrost degradation - Dmitry Nicolsky, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks 16:45-17:00 (15min)

24 - Permafrost hazards in high mountains

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Michael Krautblatter, Christian Huggel, Markus Keuschnig

› Spatial footprint of degrading permafrost in the French Alps using destabilized rock glacier inventory and susceptibility modeling - Marco Marcer, Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire PACTE, UMR 5194 CNRS, Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Permafrost Degdradation as Key Factor for Process Chains and Prediction of Climate Change induced Mass Movements - Daniel Tobler, GEOTEST Ltd 16:00-16:15 (15min)

9 - Twenty years after the PACE-project: What do we know about the changing state of European permafrost?

Salle Paul Payot

Ketil Isaksen, Christian Hauck, Sarah Marie Strand

› Long-term measurement of permafrost temperatures in the Swiss Alps - Jeannette Noetzli, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Long-term changes in permafrost temperature in Svalbard and Scandinavia - Ketil Isaksen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Permafrost dynamics observed in Norway and Iceland - Bernd Etzelmuller, University of Oslo 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› High-Arctic permafrost thermal conditions in the SVALGREEN transect - Sarah Strand, University of Oslo, The University Centre in Svalbard 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Permafrost warming in different landforms and active layer thickening in central and western Svalbard - Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen, The University Centre in Svalbard 16:45-17:00 (15min)

6 - Linking terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic: Organic matter, nutrients and pollutants and their lateral transport from permafrost-affected soils

Salle Isabella Straton

Michael Fritz, Jorien Vonk, Alevtina Evgrafova

› Impacts of collapsing permafrost coasts: the fate of carbon, nutrients and sediments in the Arctic nearshore zone - Michael Fritz, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Fate of OC in the Arctic nearshore zone: Rapid removal and degradation due to hydrodynamic and ice-related sediment transport - Boris Radosavljevic, GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Impetuous CO2 release from eroding permafrost coasts - George Tanski, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Could priming and nutrient effects from degrading permafrost alter dissolved organic matter dynamics in permafrost rivers? - Benjamin Abbott, Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Untangling terrestrial and aquatic controls on carbon, nutrients, and microorganisms in Arctic stream networks - Rebecca Frei, Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences 16:45-17:00 (15min)

3 - Permafrost engineering and the related risks

Salle Michel Payot

Kevin Bjella, Guy Dore, Elizaveta Makarychev

› Vulnerability of permafrost thaw and the emerging risks for the Arctic infrastructure - Hanna Lee, Uni Research Climate, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Transformations of the Geomorphological and Geocryological Conditions in Areas of the Arctic Zone during Climate Changes - Irina Chesnokova, Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Engineering-Geocryological Mapping of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - Alyona Shestakova, Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk - Vladimir Spektor, Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Geoecological risks associated with Permafrost in Russian Arctic - Dmitry Drozdov, Tyumen State University, Russian State Geological Prospecting University, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Towards Circumpolar Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Population and Infrastructure in Arctic Permafrost Regions - Dmitry Streletskiy, The George Washington University 16:45-17:00 (15min)

Round-table "Natural hazards due to mountain permafrost degradation"

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Philippe Schoeneich

IPA Executive Committee meeting - Act 2

Salle Samivel

Hanne H. Christiansen

Annual meeting of the "Association Française du Périglaciaire"

Salle Edgard Bouillette

François Costard