MODELLING AND CHARACTERIZING GLACIER-BED OVERDEEPENINGS AS POTENTIAL SITES FOR FUTURES LAKES IN THE DEGLACIATING FRENCH ALPS

• Main Authors: Cathala, M, Magnin, Florence, Linsbauer, A, Haeberli, W
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Bya; Mont Blanc; New Lakes; Ice; Ice cap; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03260834

International audience Since the end of the Little Ice Age, the French Alps areaffected bya general glacierretreat. This results in major landscape changessuchas the formation of new lakes in Glacier-Bed Overdeepenings (GBOs). These lakes are sometimes located below potentially unstable slopes subje...