Climate influence on rockfalls in high-Alpine steep rockwalls: The north side of the Aiguilles de Chamonix (Mont Blanc massif) since the end of the 'Little Ice Age'

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Ravanel, Ludovic, Deline, Philip
• 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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: high mountain; Mont Blanc massif; permafrost; photographs; post-'Little Ice Age' period; rockfall; rockwall; Mont Blanc; Ice
• Online Access: https://hal.science/halsde-00674990; https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683610374887

International audience Rockfalls fundamentally affect the morphodynamics of high mountain rockwalls, and represent a great danger for both people and infrastructures, but still are poorly known. By comparing old, recent and new photographs, in addition to geomorphological field data, we propose an i...