The morphodynamics of the mont blanc massif in a changing cryosphere: a comprehensive review

• Published in: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
• Main Authors: Deline, Philip, Gardent, Marie, Magnin, Florence, Ravanel, Ludovic
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Géographie Lausanne (IGUL), Université de Lausanne (UNIL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: cryosphere; glacier; debris-covered glacier; permafrost; rock glacier; rockfall; rock avalanche; glacial outburst flood; ice avalanche; climate change; hazards; Mont Blanc massif; Alps; Mont Blanc; Ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halsde-00757235; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00467.x

International audience One of the most glacierized areas in the European Alps, the Mont Blanc massif, illustrates how fast changes affect the cryosphere and the related morphodynamics in high mountain environments, especially since the termination of the Little Ice Age. Contrasts between the north-w...