Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps)
Global warming and the associated glacier retreat recently revealed the entrance to an ice–rock tunnel, at an altitude of ∼3600 m a.s.l., in the uppermost portion of the Forni Glacier in the Central Italian Alps. The tunnel served as an entrance to an Austro-Hungarian cableway station excavated in t...
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ftunivpadovairis:oai:www.research.unipd.it:11577/3316467 2024-04-21T08:06:18+00:00 Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps) Francese R. G. Bondesan A. Giorgi M. Picotti S. Carcione J. Salvatore M. C. Nicolis F. Baroni C. Francese, R. G. Bondesan, A. Giorgi, M. Picotti, S. Carcione, J. Salvatore, M. C. Nicolis, F. Baroni, C. 2019 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3316467 https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.59 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/all-issues eng eng Cambridge University Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000487667400008 volume:65 issue:253 firstpage:798 lastpage:812 numberofpages:15 journal:JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3316467 doi:10.1017/jog.2019.59 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85072067801 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/all-issues info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Glacier decay GPR Italian Alp military geoscience numerical modeling seismic white war World War I info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivpadovairis https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.59 2024-03-28T02:04:55Z Global warming and the associated glacier retreat recently revealed the entrance to an ice–rock tunnel, at an altitude of ∼3600 m a.s.l., in the uppermost portion of the Forni Glacier in the Central Italian Alps. The tunnel served as an entrance to an Austro-Hungarian cableway station excavated in the rocks during the Great War just behind the frontline. A comprehensive geophysical survey, based on seismic and ground-penetrating radar profiling, was then undertaken to map other possibleWorldWar I (WWI) remains still embedded in the ice. The ice–rock interface was reconstructed over the entire saddle and in the uppermost portion of the glacier. A prominent linear reflector was surprisingly similar to the common response of buried pipes. The reflector orientation, almost longitudinal to the slope, does not seem to be compatible with a glacial conduit or with other natural features. Numerical simulations of a series of possible targets constrained interpretation to a partly water-filled rounded shape cavity. The presence of a preserved WWI tunnel connecting Mount Vioz and Punta Linke could be considered a realistic hypothesis. The Forni glacier could be still considered polythermal and comprised of cold ice without basal sliding in its top portion. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Padua Research Archive (IRIS - Università degli Studi di Padova) Journal of Glaciology 65 253 798 812 |
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Global warming and the associated glacier retreat recently revealed the entrance to an ice–rock tunnel, at an altitude of ∼3600 m a.s.l., in the uppermost portion of the Forni Glacier in the Central Italian Alps. The tunnel served as an entrance to an Austro-Hungarian cableway station excavated in the rocks during the Great War just behind the frontline. A comprehensive geophysical survey, based on seismic and ground-penetrating radar profiling, was then undertaken to map other possibleWorldWar I (WWI) remains still embedded in the ice. The ice–rock interface was reconstructed over the entire saddle and in the uppermost portion of the glacier. A prominent linear reflector was surprisingly similar to the common response of buried pipes. The reflector orientation, almost longitudinal to the slope, does not seem to be compatible with a glacial conduit or with other natural features. Numerical simulations of a series of possible targets constrained interpretation to a partly water-filled rounded shape cavity. The presence of a preserved WWI tunnel connecting Mount Vioz and Punta Linke could be considered a realistic hypothesis. The Forni glacier could be still considered polythermal and comprised of cold ice without basal sliding in its top portion. |
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Francese, R. G. Bondesan, A. Giorgi, M. Picotti, S. Carcione, J. Salvatore, M. C. Nicolis, F. Baroni, C. |
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Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps) |
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Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps) |
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Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps) |
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Geophysical signature of a World War i tunnel-like anomaly in the Forni Glacier (Punta Linke, Italian Alps) |
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