Investigation of a cold-based ice apron on a high-mountain permafrost rock wall using ice texture analysis and micro-14C dating : a case study of the Triangle du Tacul ice apron (Mont Blanc massif, France)

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Guillet, Grégoire, Preunkert, Susanne, Ravanel, Ludovic, Montagnat, Maurine, Friedrich, Ronny
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ice chronology/dating; Ice core; Ice crystal studies; Mountain glaciers; GB Physical geography; DAS; GB; Mont Blanc; Ice; ice core; Journal of Glaciology; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23434; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.65

This study is part of the ANR 14-CE03-0006 VIP Mont Blanc and the EU ALCOTRA AdaPT Mont Blanc project. The current paper studies the dynamics and age of the Triangle du Tacul (TDT) ice apron, a massive ice volume lying on a steep high-mountain rock wall in the French side of the Mont-Blanc massif at...