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Active layer and borehole temperatures from La Foppa rock glaciers, Val Vallaccia, Central Italian Alps

Entry ID: ggd294

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Summary

Abstract: The La Foppa site is a glacial cirque located in the upper part of the Val Vallaccia, near Livigno, in the Italian Central Alps. The La Foppa cirque is characterized by five rock glaciers, of which four are active and one is of uncertain activity or is inactive. These rock glaciers, especially the two largest, named La Foppa I and La Foppa II, have been the subject of geophysical investigations ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 46.5

S: 46.5

E: 10.0

W: 10.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1993-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > SOUTHERN EUROPE > ITALY > VAL VALLACCIA, CENTRAL ITALIAN ALPS, ITALY

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Boreholes

BTS Measurements

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

MAURO GUGLIELMIN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +39 (0) 332 421 412

Fax: +39 (0) 332 421 330

Email: mauro.guglielmin at uninsubria.it

Contact Address:

Insubria University

Via G. Matteotti 22

City: Lissone

Postal Code: 20035

Country: Italy

Publications/References

Calderoni, G., Guglielmin, M., Lozej, A., Tellini, C. 1993. Researches on rock glaciers in the Italian Central Alps (Valtellina, Sondrio, Italia). International Conference on Permafrost, VI, Beijing. Proceedings, vol. 1, p. 72-77. Cannone, N., Guglielmi, M, Smiraglia, C. (1995): Rapporti tra vegetazione e permafrost discontinuo in ambiente alpino. Val Vallaccia (Livigno, Sondrio). Rivista ... Geografica Italiana, 102, 91-111. Guglielmin, M. (1997): Periglacial Phenomena, permafrost distribution and glacial evolution in Foscagno area, Livigno (SO), Italy, In IV Intern. Conference on Geomorphology, Italy, 1997 -Guide for the excursion- Mountain permafrostand slope stability in the periglacial belt of the Alps', Suppl. Geogr. Fis. Dinam. Quat. 193, 195-199. Guglielmin, M. con contributi di A. Notarpietro (1997) Il Permafrost Alpino. Concetti, morfologia e metodi di individuazione (con tre indagini esemplificative in Alta Valtellina). Quaderni di Geodinamica alpina
e Quaternaria, CNR, 5, 117 pp. Guglielmi, M. (1989): I rock glacier del Passo del Foscagno (Alta Valtellina, Sondrio). Natura Bresciana, 26, 35-47. Guglielmin, M., Lozej, A., Tellini, C. 1994. Permafrost distribution and rock glaciers in the Livigno area (Northern Italy). Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 5, p. 1-12. Guglielmin, M. and Tellini, C. (1995) Relazioni tra permafrost alpino e copertura nevosa: risultati preliminari (area del Foscagno, Sondrio, Italia). Geogr. Fis. Dinam. Quat. 18, 25-29. Guglielmin, M., Rossettin G. and Tellini, C. (1997) Perg?lisol alpin et variations climatiques dans les Alpes Centrales (valtellina, Italie), IV Intern. Conf. On Geomorphology, Abstract, Suppl. Geogr. Fis. Din. Quat., III, 1, 192, Submitted to Arctic and Alpine Research. Guglielmin, M., Smiraglia, C. and Cannone, N. (1997) The rock glaciers of the Lombardy Alps (Italy) as indicators of mountain permafrost, IV Intern. Conf. On Geomorphology, Abstract, Suppl. Geogr. Fis.
Din. Quat., III, 1, 193, Submitted to Geomorphology. Guglielmin, M
. and Tellini, C. (1994): Rilevamento del permafrost con il metodo BTS (Bottom Temperature of the Winter Snow Cover) nell'alta Valtellina (Sondrio, ITALIA).- Geogr. Fis. Din. Quat., 17, 47-54. Guglielmin, M. and Tellini, C. (1993): First example of permafrost mapping with BTS in the Italian Alps (Livigno, Sondrio, Italy). Acta Naturalia, 29, 1/2, 39-46. Guglielmin, M. and C. Tellini. 1992. Contributo alla conoacenza dei rock glaciers delle Alpi Italiane. I rock glaciers del Livignasco (Alta Valtellina, Sondrio). Riv. Geogr. It., 99, p. 395-414. Lozej, A. and Guglielmin, M. 1992. Prospezioni geoelettriche sul rock glacier de 'La Foppa', Livigno, Sondrio (Italia). GEAM- Boll. Ass. Min. Subalp., XXIV, 4, dicembre, p. 373-382.

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Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-28

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