Geological map of the Mount Avic massif (Western Alps Ophiolites)

Present-day uplift of the western Alps

Collisional mountain belts grow as a consequence of continental plate convergence and eventually disappear under the combined effects of gravitational collapse and erosion. Using a decade of GPS data, we show that the western Alps are currently characterized by zero horizontal velocity boundary conditions, offering the opportunity to investigate orogen evolution at the time of cessation of plat...

Global geological map of Venus

The surface area of Venus ( 460 10 km) is 90% of that of the Earth. Using Magellan radar image and altimetry data, supplemented by Venera-15/16 radar images, we compiled a global geologic map of Venus at a scale of 1:10 M. We outline the history of geological mapping of the Earth and planets to illustrate the importance of utilizing the dual stratigraphic classification approach to geological m...

Modal and thermal analysis of Les Arches unstable rock column (Vercors massif, French Alps)

First approaches towards modelling glacial hazards in the Mount Cook region of New Zealand’s Southern Alps

Flood and mass movements originating from glacial environments are particularly devastating in populated mountain regions of the world, but in the remote Mount Cook region of New Zealand’s Southern Alps minimal attention has been given to these processes. Glacial environments are characterized by high mass turnover and combined with changing climatic conditions, potential problems and process i...

environmental implications related to natural asbestos occurrences in the ophiolites of the gimigliano-mount reventino unit (calabria, southern italy)

metabasites and serpentinites of the ophiolitic sequence of the gimigliano-mount reventino unit(calabria, southern italy), also known as greenstones, are employed and marketed for building and ornamentalpurposes since prehistorical times. the main topic of our research focuses on the occurrence, within the abovelithotypes, of asbestiform minerals that may be potentially harmful for human health...