Geology, glacier retreat and permafrost degradation as controlling factors of slope instabilities in a high-mountain rock wall: the Monte Rosa east face

• Main Authors: Fischer, L, Kääb, A, Huggel, C, Noetzli, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2006
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Monte Rosa; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/20217/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/20217/10/Fischer_Kaaeb_Geology_Glacier_Retreat_2006.pdf; http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/6/issue5.html; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-20217; https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-6-761-2006

The Monte Rosa east face, Italian Alps, is one of the highest flanks in the Alps (2200–4500m a.s.l.). Steep hanging glaciers and permafrost cover large parts of the wall. Since the end of the Little Ice Age (about 1850), the hanging glaciers and firn fields have retreated continuously. During recent...