Modelling and characterizing glacier-bed overdeepenings as sites for potential future lakes in the deglaciating French Alps

• Main Authors: Cathala, Maeva, Magnin, Florence, Linsbauer, Andreas, Haeberli, Wilfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universite de Clermont-Ferrand II (Blaise Pascal) * Departement de Geologie 2021
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Earth-Surface Processes; Four Lakes; Glacial Lake; Mont Blanc; New Lakes; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/203143/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/203143/1/2021_Cathala_etal_2021_final.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-203143; https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.15255

Glacier retreat results in major landscape changes including the formation of new lakes in Glacier-Bed Overdeepenings (GBOs) that can provoke catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) hazards, but could also provide economic opportunities. This study aims to identify and characterize the locat...