GIS mapping of the moraines of the Mont-Blanc and Aiguilles Rouges massifs

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This dataset is a shapefile (polyline) of the moraine ridges of the Mont-Blanc and Aiguilles-Rouges massifs (French, Italian and Swiss Alps) intended to be as exhaustive as possible. This dataset was produced during a master's internship in order to have a global overview of all the moraines in the area on GIS support. The main objective was to compare the moraine deposits of two periods: the Younger Dryas and the end of the Holocene (Neoglacial). The mapping was carried out at the scale of the two massifs using high-resolution DEMs (LiDAR HD, France; DTM 2005/2008, Italy; swissALTI3D, Switzerland) and geological maps. The deposition period was inferred when possible using absolute dating and geomorphological reconstructions (Gardent, 2014; Le Roy et al., 2015, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.033; Protin et al., 2019, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105863, 2021, doi:10.1111/bor.12519; Serra et al., 2022, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107446). The attribute table contains the following elements: moraine deposition period (Younger Dryas, Neoglaciation or unknown), name of the associated glacier, massif (Mont-Blanc or Aiguilles Rouges).

Projects: TelluS MORCLIM-YDNG,File descriptions: * Shapefile file (polyline) UTM 32N (EPSG 32632)

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971449
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.971449
Provenance
Creator Portal, Quentin; Buoncristiani, Jean-François
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format application/zip
Size 45.3 kBytes
Discipline Earth System Research