Link between surface temperature and documented rockfalls in the Mont Blanc massif rockwalls

• Main Authors: Magnin, Florence, Deline, Philip, 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)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: geo; envir; Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halsde-01023175

Poster Recent studies show that rockfall activity has increased along the three past decades in high mountain areas, and permafrost degradation is regarded as the main triggering factor. 433 rockfalls affecting the steep rockwalls of the Mont Blanc massif have been inventoried and documented (time a...