The December 2008 Crammont rock avalanche, Mont Blanc massif area, Italy

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Deline, Philip, Alberto, W., Broccolato, Massimo, Hunger, Oldrich, Noetzli, Jeannette, Ravanel, Ludovic, Tamburini, Andrea
• 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), Servizio Geologico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, Administration Régionale de la vallée d'Aoste, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Vancouver (EOS), University of British Columbia (UBC), Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics & Geochronology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.science/halsde-00653747; https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-3307-2011

International audience We describe a 0.5 Mm3 rock avalanche that occurred in 2008 in the western Alps and discuss possible roles of controlling factors in the context of current climate change. The source is located between 2410 m and 2653 m a.s.l. on Mont Crammont and is controlled by a densely fra...