Time forecast of a break-off event from a hanging glacier

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Faillettaz, M. Funk, M. Vagliasindi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Mont Blanc; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1191-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1191/2016/tc-10-1191-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/da808b4ac0f048c7885955a03192983f

A cold hanging glacier located on the south face of the Grandes Jorasses (Mont Blanc, Italy) broke off on the 23 and 29 September 2014 with a total estimated ice volume of 105 000 m3. Thanks to accurate surface displacement measurements taken up to the final break-off, this event was successfully pr...