On the Roof of Europe : High-Altitude Morphodynamics in the Mont Blanc Massif

• Main Authors: Deline, Philip, Ravanel, Ludovic
• 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), Monique Fort, Marie Françoise André
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.science/halsde-00868070; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7022-5_17

The Mont Blanc Massif, the highest of the main external crystalline massifs of the Western Alps, is renowned for its extensive glacier cover, steep granite rockwalls and vertiginous peaks. Bordered by populated French, Italian and Swiss valleys, the massif has attracted both tourists and scientists...