The general chronological outline of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Alps is well
known after more than two centuries of ice age research in Europe. Current studies focus on …

Abstract The Marocche di Dro deposits in the lower Sarca Valley are some of the most
distinctive rock avalanche deposits of the Alps. We use geomorphology and cosmogenic 36 …

Cycles of glaciation impose mechanical stresses on underlying bedrock as glaciers
advance, erode, and retreat. Fracture initiation and propagation constitute rock mass …

The Last Glacial Maximum in the Alps lasted from approximately 30 to 19 ka. Glaciers
reached out onto the forelands on both sides of the main Alpine chains, forming piedmont …

Cycles of glaciation alter the temperature field in proximal alpine valley flanks, driving rock
slope damage through thermomechanical stresses. Here we extend simplified assumptions …

Subglacial water pressures influence groundwater conditions in proximal alpine valley rock
slopes, varying with glacier advance and retreat in parallel with changing ice thickness …

In this work, the thermo-mechanical stress–strain history of an Alpine slope is analyzed, with
particular focus on the historical Cimaganda large landslide (Sondrio Province, Italy), which …

This work is aimed at constraining a slope-scale, deep-seated gravitational slope
deformation (DSGSD) and an associated rockslide-avalanche in the frame of the Quaternary …

Most natural rock slope failures result from long-term strength degradation. It is often
hypothesized that glacial retreat leads to enhanced progressive damage accumulation in …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene to Holocene transition in the Northern Hemisphere was
characterized by abrupt millennial-scale climatic changes testified in the Alpine Chain by …