Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe
High altitude karstic environments often preserve permanent ice deposits within caves, representing the lesser-known portion of the cryosphere. Despite being not so widespread and easily reachable as mountain glaciers and ice caps, ice caves preserve much information about past environmental changes...
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ftuninsubriairis:oai:irinsubria.uninsubria.it:11383/2050672 2024-04-21T08:04:25+00:00 Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe Colucci, R. R Fontana, D. Forte, E. Potleca, M. GUGLIELMIN, MAURO Colucci, R. R Fontana, D. Forte, E. Potleca, M. Guglielmin, Mauro 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/11383/2050672 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.017 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000374624300001 volume:261 firstpage:1 lastpage:11 numberofpages:11 journal:GEOMORPHOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11383/2050672 doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.017 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84959354524 www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/3/3/4/ Climate GPR Ice cave Permafrost Weather extreme Earth-Surface Processes info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftuninsubriairis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.017 2024-03-28T01:22:53Z High altitude karstic environments often preserve permanent ice deposits within caves, representing the lesser-known portion of the cryosphere. Despite being not so widespread and easily reachable as mountain glaciers and ice caps, ice caves preserve much information about past environmental changes and climatic evolution.We selected 1111 ice caves from the existing cave inventory, predominantly but not exclusively located in the periglacial domain where permafrost is not dominant (i.e., with mean annual air temperature <. 3 °C but not in a permafrost environment). The influence of climate and topography on ice cave distribution is also investigated. In order to assess the thickness and the inner structure of the deposits, we selected two exemplary ice caves in the Canin massif (Julian Alps) performing several multifrequency GPR surveys. A strong influence of global and local climate change in the evolution of the ice deposits has been particularly highlighted in the dynamic ice cave type, especially in regard to the role of weather extremes. The natural response of ice caves to a warming climate could lead to a fast reduction of such ice masses. The increased occurrence of weather extremes, especially warmer and more intense precipitation caused by higher mean 0 °C-isotherms, could in fact be crucial in the future mass balance evolution of such permanent ice deposits. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost IRInSubria - Institutional Repository Insubria (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria) Geomorphology 261 1 11 |
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High altitude karstic environments often preserve permanent ice deposits within caves, representing the lesser-known portion of the cryosphere. Despite being not so widespread and easily reachable as mountain glaciers and ice caps, ice caves preserve much information about past environmental changes and climatic evolution.We selected 1111 ice caves from the existing cave inventory, predominantly but not exclusively located in the periglacial domain where permafrost is not dominant (i.e., with mean annual air temperature <. 3 °C but not in a permafrost environment). The influence of climate and topography on ice cave distribution is also investigated. In order to assess the thickness and the inner structure of the deposits, we selected two exemplary ice caves in the Canin massif (Julian Alps) performing several multifrequency GPR surveys. A strong influence of global and local climate change in the evolution of the ice deposits has been particularly highlighted in the dynamic ice cave type, especially in regard to the role of weather extremes. The natural response of ice caves to a warming climate could lead to a fast reduction of such ice masses. The increased occurrence of weather extremes, especially warmer and more intense precipitation caused by higher mean 0 °C-isotherms, could in fact be crucial in the future mass balance evolution of such permanent ice deposits. |
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Colucci, R. R Fontana, D. Forte, E. Potleca, M. GUGLIELMIN, MAURO |
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Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe |
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Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe |
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Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe |
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Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe |
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Response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern Alps, Europe |
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response of ice caves to weather extremes in the southeastern alps, europe |
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