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Created: 2015-05-15 07:21:30
Modified: 2015-12-27 17:52:20

Active: Yes
Country:France
Site:Aiguille du Midi
Site Description:Three 10 m deep borehole with 15-thermistor chains in NE, S and NW faces at ca. 3750 m a.s.l
GTN-P:FR 05
TC-Code:AdM_BH_N
Responsible Countries: France,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +02:00 hours
Vegetation Type:No Vegetation
Responsible Person:Florence Magnin

Three granitic peak culminating at 3842 m a.s.l. Surrounded by glaciers from East to South.

Borehole located on a vertical rock face, above a ledge with thick snow accumulations (> 1 m), aspect 345°.

Depth:10 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Permafrost Thickness:> 10 m
Permafrost Zone:Mountain
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Bibliographic References
Magnin F., Deline P., Ravanel L., Noetzli J., et Pogliotti P. (2015) - Thermal characteristics of permafrost in the steep alpine rock walls of the Aiguille du Midi (Mont Blanc Massif, 3842 m a.s.l.). The Cryosphere 9, 109–121. doi:10.5194/tc-9-109-2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tcd-8-2831-2014

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Longitude:6.886917 °
Latitude:45.878639 °
Elevation:3737.890625 m
EPSG:4326
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