Mapping potential release areas and runout path of rockfalls and rock avalanches in the French Alps

• Main Authors: Cathala, Maëva, Magnin, Florence, Tartrat, Timothé, Ravanel, Ludovic, Deline, Philip
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03413332

International audience High mountain environments of the European Alps have been increasingly affected by rockfalls (V > 100 m3) over the past decades, in conjunction with the atmospheric warming and the resulting permafrost degradation. These processes, and their potential cascading effects, con...