The AD 1717 rock avalanche deposits in the upper Ferret Valley (Italy): a dating approach with cosmogenic <sup>10</sup>Be

Akçar, Naki; Deline, Philip; Ivy‐Ochs, Susan; Alfimov, Vasily; Hajdas, Irka; W. Kubik, Peter; Christl, Marcus; Schlüchter, Christian

doi:10.1002/jqs.1558

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The AD 1717 rock avalanche deposits in the upper Ferret Valley (Italy): a dating approach with cosmogenic 10Be

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Naki Akçar

Philip Deline

Susan Ivy‐Ochs

Abstract

Abstract On 12 September AD 1717, a rock volume larger than 10 million m 3 collapsed onto the Triolet Glacier, mobilized a mass composed of ice and sediment and travelled more than 7 km downvalley in the upper Ferret Valley, Mont Blanc Massif (Italy). This rock avalanche destroyed two small settleme...

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Geology

Radiocarbon dating

Surface exposure dating

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