Lambiel Christophe
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Research areas
High mountain geomorphology
Main research activities are related to the study of alpine permafrost. They concern:
- The characterisation and modelling of the spatial distribution of mountain permafrost,
- The detection and mapping of ground ice,
- The study of slope movements in the alpine periglacial belt, in particular rock glaciers,
- The thermal and kinematics monitoring of permafrost,
- The study of factors controlling the occurrence of frozen ground,
- Geomorphological mapping.
Main methods/devices used are geophysics (electrical resistivity tomography), Differential GPS, digital photogrammetry, Lidar, UAVs, Differential SAR interferometry, temperature loggers and automatic cameras.
See also :
http://www.unil.ch/idyst/home/menuinst/research-poles/geomorphology-cryosphere-and/high-mountain-geomorphology.html
Current PhD students:
- Jean-Baptiste Bosson : Contemporary glacial and periglacial dynamics in small alpine glacier forefields
- Nicola Deluigi : Permafrost distribution modelling in sedimentary deposits with machine learning
- Elisa Giaccone : Investigating the control of geomorphological parameters on the vegetation cover.
Contracts and mandates
PERMOS (Permafrost Monitoring Switzerland)
Responsable pour l'Université de Lausanne du réseau suisse de Monitoring du pergélisol
Collaborations and networks
Interuniversitaires
Laboratoire Pacte, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
Contact : Prof. P. Schoeneich
France
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Contact : PD Dr Stefan Winkler
Nouvelle-Zélande
Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, Istituto scienze della Terra
Contact : Dr. Cristian Scapozza
Suisse
Laboratoire Edytem, Université de Savoie-Chambéry
Contact : Dr. Ludovic Ravanel, Dr. Xavier Bodin, Prof. Philip Deline
France
Département de Géosciences/Géographie, Université de Fribourg
Contact : Prof. R. Delaloye, Prof. C. Hauck
Suisse
Autres collaborations
Etat du Valais
Dangers naurels, routes et cours d'eau
Suisse
Réseau PERMOS, Permafrost Monitoring in Switzerland
www.permos.ch
Suisse
