Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features
International audience Ice aprons are poorly studied and not well-defined thin ice bodies adhering to high altitude steep rock faces, but are present in most Alpine-type high mountain environments worldwide. This study aims to precisely define ice aprons based on a detailed analysis of their topogra...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03841491v1 2024-02-27T08:41:28+00:00 Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features Kaushik, Suvrat Ravanel, Ludovic Magnin, Florence Trouvé, Emmanuel Yan, Yajing Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance (LISTIC) Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM) Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-19-CE01-0018,WISPER,Processus thermo-mécaniques liés à l'eau et à la glace dans les fractures des parois alpines à permafrost(2019) 2022-11 https://hal.science/hal-03841491 https://hal.science/hal-03841491/document https://hal.science/hal-03841491/file/2022_Kaushik_remotesensing-14-05557-v3.pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215557 en eng HAL CCSD MDPI info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/rs14215557 hal-03841491 https://hal.science/hal-03841491 https://hal.science/hal-03841491/document https://hal.science/hal-03841491/file/2022_Kaushik_remotesensing-14-05557-v3.pdf doi:10.3390/rs14215557 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2072-4292 Remote Sensing https://hal.science/hal-03841491 Remote Sensing, 2022, 14 (21), pp.5557. ⟨10.3390/rs14215557⟩ ice aprons steep Alpine faces glacier/ice bodies inventory topographic characteristics Mont Blanc massif [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215557 2024-01-28T00:59:20Z International audience Ice aprons are poorly studied and not well-defined thin ice bodies adhering to high altitude steep rock faces, but are present in most Alpine-type high mountain environments worldwide. This study aims to precisely define ice aprons based on a detailed analysis of their topographical characteristics in the Mont Blanc massif (western European Alps). For this, we accurately identified and precisely mapped 423 ice aprons using a combination of high-resolution optical satellite images from 2019. To better understand their relationship with other types of glaciers, especially the steep slope glaciers and other surface ice bodies, we built a detailed inventory at the scale of the massif that incorporates nine different types of perennial surface ice bodies. In addition, an analysis using different topographic factors helped us to better understand the preferred locations of the ice aprons. We show that they predominantly occur on west-oriented steep and topographically rugged rock slopes above the local Equilibrium Line Altitude (~3200 m a.s.l.), with concave profile curvatures around them that facilitate snow accumulation. They are also found in areas underlain by permafrost. The extensive inventory also helped us to identify different types of ice aprons based on their relationships with glaciers/ice bodies. The analysis shows that ice aprons existing at the headwall of large glaciers above a bergschrund are the most dominant ice apron type in the study area, with ~82% of the total. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Mont Blanc ENVELOPE(69.468,69.468,-49.461,-49.461) Remote Sensing 14 21 5557 |
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International audience Ice aprons are poorly studied and not well-defined thin ice bodies adhering to high altitude steep rock faces, but are present in most Alpine-type high mountain environments worldwide. This study aims to precisely define ice aprons based on a detailed analysis of their topographical characteristics in the Mont Blanc massif (western European Alps). For this, we accurately identified and precisely mapped 423 ice aprons using a combination of high-resolution optical satellite images from 2019. To better understand their relationship with other types of glaciers, especially the steep slope glaciers and other surface ice bodies, we built a detailed inventory at the scale of the massif that incorporates nine different types of perennial surface ice bodies. In addition, an analysis using different topographic factors helped us to better understand the preferred locations of the ice aprons. We show that they predominantly occur on west-oriented steep and topographically rugged rock slopes above the local Equilibrium Line Altitude (~3200 m a.s.l.), with concave profile curvatures around them that facilitate snow accumulation. They are also found in areas underlain by permafrost. The extensive inventory also helped us to identify different types of ice aprons based on their relationships with glaciers/ice bodies. The analysis shows that ice aprons existing at the headwall of large glaciers above a bergschrund are the most dominant ice apron type in the study area, with ~82% of the total. |
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Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance (LISTIC) Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM) Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-19-CE01-0018,WISPER,Processus thermo-mécaniques liés à l'eau et à la glace dans les fractures des parois alpines à permafrost(2019) |
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Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features |
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Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features |
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Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features |
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Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features |
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Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features |
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ice aprons in the mont blanc massif (western european alps): topographic characteristics and relations with glaciers and other types of perennial surface ice features |
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ISSN: 2072-4292 Remote Sensing https://hal.science/hal-03841491 Remote Sensing, 2022, 14 (21), pp.5557. ⟨10.3390/rs14215557⟩ |
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