A re-analysis of 533 rockfalls occurred since 2003 in the Mont Blanc massif for the study of their relationship with permafrost.

• Main Authors: Ravanel, Ludovic, Magnin, Florence, Deline, Philip
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ), European Geosciences Union
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Mont Blanc; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal-sde.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01780069

International audience Rockfall is one of the main natural hazards in high mountain regions and its frequency is growing, especially since two decades. Collapses at high elevation are with an increasing certainty assumed to be a consequence of the climate change through the warming permafrost. In th...