Hydrogeomorphic Relations Among Soil Pipes, Flow Pathways, and Soil Detachments Within A Permafrost Hillslope

Soil pipes have been cited as preferential flow features within permafrost hillslopes. However, there has been limited discussion on their mechanisms of formation and relation to other hillslope process such as slope stability and the development of preferential flow pathways. On an organic-covered permafrost-underlain subarctic slope in Yukon Territory, Canada, pipe formation and development processes were studied in an attempt to ascertain …