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EVENT: Date
11/7/1892
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a water pocket of 200.000 m3 has outburst, ejecting an ice plug of 90.000 m3, during the emptying,. This enormous water and ice mass has rushed down the corridor of the Bossonney. Then it has been transformed progressively in a mud-flow, going to the average speed of 14 m/s. More than 600.000 m3 of materials have been left in a few ten minutes only. |
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2 of the 5 buildings of the thermal establishment of St Gervais have been destroyed, and also 8 houses of the village of the Fayet ; nearly 200 persons have been killed (175 deaths and about 20 missing). |
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195 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
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This tragic event has been detailed on several occasions, so the global quality of this information is very good, and well-detailed |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Forel, M, 1892 - La catastrophe de Saint Gervais Revue Savoisienne, juillet - août, p. 172-177. |
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Haeberli, W, 1983 - Frequency and characteristics of glacier floods in the Swiss alps Annals of Glaciology, 4, p. 85-90. |
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Haeberli, W, Alean, J.C., Muller, P. et Funk, M., 1989 - Assessing risks from glacier hazards in high mountain regions : some experiences in the Swiss Alps Annals of Glaciology, 13, p. 96-102. |
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Letorey, R., 1905 - Le glacier de Tête-Rousse Revue de Géographie, n°16, p. 103-108. |
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Lliboutry, L., 1965 - Traite de Glaciologie Tome II. Masson, 622 p. |
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Lliboutry, L., 1971 - Les catastrophes glaciaires La Recherche, 2, (12), p. 417-425. |
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Mougin, P., 1904 - Le glacier de Tête-Rousse La Nature, n°1633, p. 231-254. |
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Mougin, P., 1904 - Les poches intra-glaciaires du glacier de Tête-Rousse La Géographie, 7 août, 5p. |
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Mougin, P., 1904 - Glacier de Tête-Rousse (Haute-Savoie), travaux de protection récemment exécutés Le Génie Civil, (XLVI-2) n°1170, p.17-22. |
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Mougin, P. et Bernard, C, 1925 - Etude sur le glacier de Tête-Rousse Etudes glaciologiques, tome IV, Imprimerie nationale. Paris, p. 3-90. |
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Tufnell, L., 1984 - Glacier Hazards London and New York. Longman, 97p. |
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Vivian, R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales Thèse d’état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble, 513p. |
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