Modelling rock wall permafrost degradation in the Mont Blanc massif from the LIA to the end of the 21st century.

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Magnin, Florence, Josnin, Jean-Yves, Ravanel, Ludovic, Pergaud, Julien, Pohl, Benjamin, Deline, Philip
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Work founded by the EU Interreg V-A France-Italy ALCOTRA 2014-2020 no. 342 PrévRisk Haute Montagne project., ANR-14-CE03-0006,VIP-Mont-Blanc,VItesses des Processus contrôlant les évolutions morphologiques et environnementales du massif du Mont Blanc(2014)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Mont Blanc; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01576217; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01576217/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01576217/file/MJRPPD2017.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1813-2017

22 pages International audience High alpine rock wall permafrost is extremely sensitive to climate change. Its degradation has a strong impact on landscape evolution and can trigger rockfalls constituting an increasing threat to socio-economical activities of highly frequented areas; quantitative un...