Rapid changes of the ice mass configuration in the dynamic Diablotins ice cave – Fribourg Prealps, Switzerland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: R. Delaloye, M. Bochud, S. Morard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: geo; envir; The Gallery; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-4-489-2010; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/4/489/2010/tc-4-489-2010.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d84db4d5a1d741468322c64384ab60f0

The Gouffre des Diablotins is a deep cave system located in the Swiss Prealps. In 1991, the lower entrance zone of the cave was almost free of ice. Nevertheless the ice volume sharply increased in 1994, plugging almost totally the gallery from the lower entrance. The ice cave has also experienced a...