The Trê-la-Tête rockfall onto the Glacier de la Lex Blanche, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy, in September 2008

• Main Authors: Deline, P., Kirkbride, M. P., Ravanel, L., Ravello, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Rockfall; Rock avalanche; Mont Blanc Massif (Alps); Lex Blanche Glacier; Blanche; Drus; Mont Blanc; Pillar; The Pillar; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/portal/en/research/the-trelatete-rockfall-onto-the-glacier-de-la-lex-blanche-mont-blanc-massif-italy-in-september-2008(15bc4c41-0d23-4d56-813c-069184f17a8f).html; http://gfdq.glaciologia.it/

In September 2008, a large rockfall (50,000 m3) detached from 3470 m a.s.l. on the east-facing spur of Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête, in the upper part of the Val Veny (Valley of Aosta). It travelled for > 1 km onto the steep Petit Mont Blanc Glacier, the main tributary of the Lex Blanche Glacier. It i...