Case studies in the European Alps – Maroccaro rock glacier, Val di Genova, Italian Alps

• Main Authors: SEPPI, ROBERTO, Baroni Carlo, Carton Alberto, Dall'Amico Matteo, Rigon Riccardo, Zampedri Giorgio, Zumiani Matteo
• Other Authors: Kellerer-Pirklbauer Andreas, Lieb Gerhard Karl, Schoeneich Philip, Deline Philip and Pogliotti Paolo, Seppi, Roberto, Baroni, Carlo, Carton, Alberto, Dall'Amico, Matteo, Rigon, Riccardo, Zampedri, Giorgio, Zumiani, Matteo
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: ADRA - Association pour la diffusion de la recherche alpine 2011
• Subjects: Permafrost; rock glacier; climate change; Genova; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11571/336130; http://www.permanet-alpinespace.eu/products/permafrostresponse/index.html

In 2001 we started a topographic study on an active rock glacier (named Maroccaro rock glacier, acronym MaRG, coordinates: 46° 13’ 06” N, 10° 34’ 34” E) located in the Adamello-Presanella massif (Central Italian Alps). Since 2004, also the near-surface ground temperature was measured using a miniatu...