Exploring the potential of historical images for the investigation of glacier changes: the case of Belvedere Glacier, Italian Alps
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10491007" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10491007 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=MT-_26H_T_" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=MT-_26H_T_</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2024.16" target="_blank" >10.14712/23361980.2024.16</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exploring the potential of historical images for the investigation of glacier changes: the case of Belvedere Glacier, Italian Alps
Original language description
Historical images dispersed in various archives can be instrumental in documenting processes connected to glacier changes in mountains. A series of more than 29 engravings and photographs of the Monte Rosa east face have been found covering the period since 1789. Some images were produced by a combination of photography and engraving, a common approach before practical techniques for printing halftone images were introduced. Using a repeat photography approach, the present study documents the changes in the extent and debris cover of the Belvedere Glacier. Based on visual comparison of images, it appears that the debris cover of the lower part of the glacier developed mainly during the period of the 1860s-1880s. Furthermore, the image series documents the evolution of the terminus both in terms of elevation and shape, as well as a breach in lateral moraine which could be dated back to the end of the 19th century, well before the reported glacier lake outburst flood in 1904.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Geographica
ISSN
0300-5402
e-ISSN
2336-1980
Volume of the periodical
59
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
240-254
UT code for WoS article
001389003400005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85212922660