2012
DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2012013
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Détection d’une poche d’eau au glacier de Tête Rousse en 2010 et mesures préventives pour éviter une catastrophe

Abstract: RÉSUMÉ. -Entre 2009 et 2010, une poche d'eau d'un volume d'environ 65000 m3 a été détectée dans le glacier de Tête Rousse grâce à une combinaison de méthodes géophysiques mises en oeuvre conjointement par trois laboratoires grenoblois (LGGE, ISTerre-ex LGIT et LTHE). C'est la première fois qu'une poche d'eau intra-glaciaire de cette importance est ainsi détectée dans un glacier alpin avant une rupture. Cette poche représentait une menace pour St Gervais, avec un volume à peu près équivalent à celui qui avait p… Show more

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“…In 2007, mapping of the glacier with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) revealed an anomaly that was interpreted as a possible accumulation of water (Vincent at al., 2010). This result initiated a 3-D-SNMR survey in September 2009 that discovered a large water-filled cavern containing about 55 000 m 3 of water (Vincent et al, 2012b). The 3-D-SNMR data were interpreted alone, though using additional information on the glacier thickness derived from GPR results.…”
Section: Investigated Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In 2007, mapping of the glacier with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) revealed an anomaly that was interpreted as a possible accumulation of water (Vincent at al., 2010). This result initiated a 3-D-SNMR survey in September 2009 that discovered a large water-filled cavern containing about 55 000 m 3 of water (Vincent et al, 2012b). The 3-D-SNMR data were interpreted alone, though using additional information on the glacier thickness derived from GPR results.…”
Section: Investigated Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The location of the temperate ice in the Tête Rousse glacier was approximately known (Gilbert et al, 2012;Vincent et al, 2012b) and we estimated its potential water volume by performing SNMR measurements outside the cavern location. Our estimate showed not more than 2 % of water in temperate ice.…”
Section: Water Volume Estimatementioning
confidence: 99%