Ice Aprons in the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps): Topographic Characteristics and Relations with Glaciers and Other Types of Perennial Surface Ice Features

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Kaushik, Suvrat, Ravanel, Ludovic, Magnin, Florence, Trouvé, Emmanuel, Yan, Yajing
• Other Authors: 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)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: 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; Mont Blanc; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: 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

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...