Interpretation of Volume and Flux Changes of the Laurichard Rock Glacier Between 1952 and 2019, French Alps

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Cusicanqui, Diego, Rabatel, Antoine, Vincent, Christian, Bodin, Xavier, Thibert, Emmanuel, Francou, Bernard
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: rock glacier; mountain permafrost; volume changes; rock glacier displacements; photogrammetry; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Glacier Mountain; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03356405; https://hal.science/hal-03356405/document; https://hal.science/hal-03356405/file/2021JF006161.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006161

International audience Rock glaciers are creeping bodies of ice and rock that account for an important part of the mountain cryosphere. In this study, we investigated long-term changes of the Laurichard rock glacier (French Alps), to understand how this rock glacier is responding to climate change....