Evolution of Ossoue Glacier (French Pyrenees) since the end of the Little Ice Age

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2015

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climate change little ice age glacier pyrenees


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Renaud Marti et al., « Evolution of Ossoue Glacier (French Pyrenees) since the end of the Little Ice Age », Archive Ouverte d'INRAE, ID : 10.5194/tc-9-1773-2015


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Little is known about the fluctuations of the Pyre-nean glaciers. In this study, we reconstructed the evolution of Ossoue Glacier (42 • 46 N, 0.45 km 2), which is located in the central Pyrenees, from the Little Ice Age (LIA) onwards. To do so, length, area, thickness, and mass changes in the glacier were generated from historical data sets, topo-graphical surveys, glaciological measurements (2001–2013), a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey (2006), and stereo-scopic satellite images (2013). The glacier has receded considerably since the end of the LIA, losing 40 % of its length and 60 % of its area.

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