Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses

Matterhorn, with its pyramidal shape, nearly obsessing in Switzerland, is since its conquest in 1865 an emblematic mountain in the history of mountaineering. But it is also the object of important geological and geomorphologic researches: place in the structure of Alpine range, carving by intersecti...

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Main Author: Francis Huguet
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Language:English
Published: Physio-Géo 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/physio-geo/10612
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description Matterhorn, with its pyramidal shape, nearly obsessing in Switzerland, is since its conquest in 1865 an emblematic mountain in the history of mountaineering. But it is also the object of important geological and geomorphologic researches: place in the structure of Alpine range, carving by intersecting glacial cirques, issue of melting of high mountain permafrost. Bearing at the same time a scientific and emblematic value in Switzerland, it can be regarded as a well-characterized geomorphosite.
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Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
Physio-Géo
geomorphology
geomorphosite
Switzerland
Matterhorn
mountaineering
title Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
title_full Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
title_fullStr Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
title_full_unstemmed Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
title_short Le Cervin, sommet mythique et géomorphosite emblématique des Alpes suisses
title_sort le cervin sommet mythique et geomorphosite emblematique des alpes suisses
topic geomorphology
geomorphosite
Switzerland
Matterhorn
mountaineering
url https://journals.openedition.org/physio-geo/10612
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