Il ghiacciaio del Baounet (Savoia, F) dalla fine della Piccola Età Glaciale (1850) a oggi Les évolutions du glacier du Baounet de 1850 aux années 2000

Fluctuations of the Baounet glacier are studied by some stage of spatial extension since the last maximum of the Little Ice Age (1850). LIA is reconstructed by the géomorphological formations linked to the historical maps and texts. Since 1850 the glacier has lost about 45% of its original extension. Actual dynamic of the glacial system is studied by a monitoring station for the environmental parameters (meteorological data, water flow in the glacial stream), and the annual mass balance, carried out with hydrological and topographycal methods.