Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area
International audience The subglacial observatory beneath the Argentiere glacier provides a rare opportunity to study the interactions between glacier sliding velocity and subglacial runoff. The sliding velocity has been monitored in this cavity almost continuously since 1997 and the resulting data...
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International audience The subglacial observatory beneath the Argentiere glacier provides a rare opportunity to study the interactions between glacier sliding velocity and subglacial runoff. The sliding velocity has been monitored in this cavity almost continuously since 1997 and the resulting data indicate a decrease in annual sliding velocities over the last two decades. We found close relationships between annual surface velocity, sliding velocity and ice thickness. These relationships indicate that the ice-flow velocity changes do not depend on subglacial water runoff changes at the annual timescale. The seasonal magnitudes of sliding also show a decrease over the last two decades. At the seasonal timescale, sliding velocity increases before or simultaneously with the large runoff increase in May, indicating a distributed drainage system. Conversely, at the end of the melt season, sliding velocity continues to decrease after the runoff returns to low winter values. The simultaneous increases of runoff and sliding velocity occur mainly before the spring transition. Later, sliding velocity generally appears not to be related to water inputs coming from the surface, except for some large accelerations after midAugust that are always associated with periods of rapidly increasing water inputs to the subglacial drainage system. |
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Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ) Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 )-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ) 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)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (Fédération OSUG) |
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Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area |
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Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area |
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Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area |
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Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area |
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Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area |
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sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on argentière glacier, mont blanc area |
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https://hal.science/hal-02009228 https://hal.science/hal-02009228/document https://hal.science/hal-02009228/file/sliding-velocity-fluctuations-and-subglacial-hydrology-over-the-last-two-decades-on-argentiere-glacier-mont-blanc-area.pdf |
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ISSN: 0022-1430 EISSN: 1727-5652 Journal of Glaciology https://hal.science/hal-02009228 Journal of Glaciology, 2016, 62 (235), pp.805-815 |
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ftinraparis:oai:HAL:hal-02009228v1 2024-09-30T14:37:51+00:00 Sliding velocity fluctuations and subglacial hydrology over the last two decades on Argentière glacier, Mont Blanc area Vincent, Christian Moreau, Luc Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ) Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 )-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ) 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)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (Fédération OSUG) 2016-10 https://hal.science/hal-02009228 https://hal.science/hal-02009228/document https://hal.science/hal-02009228/file/sliding-velocity-fluctuations-and-subglacial-hydrology-over-the-last-two-decades-on-argentiere-glacier-mont-blanc-area.pdf en eng HAL CCSD International Glaciological Society hal-02009228 https://hal.science/hal-02009228 https://hal.science/hal-02009228/document https://hal.science/hal-02009228/file/sliding-velocity-fluctuations-and-subglacial-hydrology-over-the-last-two-decades-on-argentiere-glacier-mont-blanc-area.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0022-1430 EISSN: 1727-5652 Journal of Glaciology https://hal.science/hal-02009228 Journal of Glaciology, 2016, 62 (235), pp.805-815 [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftinraparis 2024-09-17T14:54:42Z International audience The subglacial observatory beneath the Argentiere glacier provides a rare opportunity to study the interactions between glacier sliding velocity and subglacial runoff. The sliding velocity has been monitored in this cavity almost continuously since 1997 and the resulting data indicate a decrease in annual sliding velocities over the last two decades. We found close relationships between annual surface velocity, sliding velocity and ice thickness. These relationships indicate that the ice-flow velocity changes do not depend on subglacial water runoff changes at the annual timescale. The seasonal magnitudes of sliding also show a decrease over the last two decades. At the seasonal timescale, sliding velocity increases before or simultaneously with the large runoff increase in May, indicating a distributed drainage system. Conversely, at the end of the melt season, sliding velocity continues to decrease after the runoff returns to low winter values. The simultaneous increases of runoff and sliding velocity occur mainly before the spring transition. Later, sliding velocity generally appears not to be related to water inputs coming from the surface, except for some large accelerations after midAugust that are always associated with periods of rapidly increasing water inputs to the subglacial drainage system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRA Mont Blanc ENVELOPE(69.468,69.468,-49.461,-49.461) |