Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses

• Published in: Physio-Géo
• Main Author: Francis Huguet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Physio-Géo 2020
• Subjects: Matterhorn; mountaineering; Switzerland; geomorphology; geomorphosite; Vegetation; geo; art; Cervin; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/physio-geo.10612; https://doaj.org/article/4159541b0bc648d2bf3a0d9eb3aa84e7

Matterhorn, with its pyramidal shape, nearly obsessing in Switzerland, is since its conquest in 1865 an emblematic mountain in the history of mountaineering. But it is also the object of important geological and geomorphologic researches: place in the structure of Alpine range, carving by intersecti...