Glacial erosion; Earth-surface geochronology; Quaternary glaciation; ice dynamics; European Alps; paleoclimate
Berger Alfons, Egli Daniel, Glotzbach Christoph, Valla Pierre G., Pettke Thomas, Herwegh Marco (2022), Apatite low-temperature chronometry and microstructures across a hydrothermally active fault zone, in
Chemical Geology, 588, 120633-120633.
Magrani Fabio, Valla Pierre G., Egholm David (2021), Modelling alpine glacier geometry and subglacial erosion patterns in response to contrasting climatic forcing, in
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1-19.
Valla Pierre G. (2021), A tribute to Louis (1952): On the theory of glacial erosion in valleys, in
E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 70(2), 209-212.
Valla Pierre G., Sternai Pietro, Fox Matthew (2021), How Climate, Uplift and Erosion Shaped the Alpine Topography, in
Elements, 17(1), 41-46.
Serra Elena, Valla Pierre G., Gribenski Natacha, Guedes Magrani Fabio, Carcaillet Julien, Delaloye Reynald, Grobéty Bernard, Braillard Luc (2021), Geomorphic response to the Lateglacial–Holocene transition in high Alpine regions (Sanetsch Pass, Swiss Alps), in
Boreas, 50(1), 242-261.
Delunel Romain, Schlunegger Fritz, Valla Pierre G., Dixon Jean, Glotzbach Christoph, Hippe Kristina, Kober Florian, Molliex Stéphane, Norton Kevin P., Salcher Bernhard, Wittmann Hella, Akçar Naki, Christl Marcus (2020), Late-Pleistocene catchment-wide denudation patterns across the European Alps, in
Earth-Science Reviews, 211, 103407-103407.
Magrani Fabio, Valla Pierre G., Gribenski Natacha, Serra Elena (2020), Glacial overdeepenings in the Swiss Alps and foreland: Spatial distribution and morphometrics, in
Quaternary Science Reviews, 243, 106483-106483.
Olivetti Valerio, Balestrieri Maria Laura, Godard Vincent, Bellier Olivier, Gautheron Cécile, Valla Pierre G., Zattin Massimiliano, Faccenna Claudio, Pinna-Jamme Rosella, Manchuel Kevin (2020), Cretaceous and late Cenozoic uplift of a Variscan Massif: The case of the French Massif Central studied through low-temperature thermochronometry, in
Lithosphere, 12(1), 133-149.
Lehmann Benjamin, Herman Frédéric, Valla Pierre G., King Georgina E., Biswas Rabiul H., Ivy-Ochs Susan, Steinemann Olivia, Christl Marcus (2019), Postglacial erosion of bedrock surfaces and deglaciation timing: New insights from the Mont Blanc massif (western Alps), in
Geology, 48(2), 139-144.
Sternai Pietro, Sue Christian, Husson Laurent, Serpelloni Enrico, Becker Thorsten W., Willett Sean D., Faccenna Claudio, Di Giulio Andrea, Spada Giorgio, Jolivet Laurent, Valla Pierre, Petit Carole, Nocquet Jean-Mathieu, Walpersdorf Andrea, Castelltort Sébastien (2019), Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions, in
Earth-Science Reviews, 190, 589-604.
KingGeorgina, VallaPierre, LehmannBenjamin (2019), SL Rock Surface and Rock Surface-Exposure Dating, in Bateman Mark (ed.), Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, 1-12.
Lehmann Benjamin, Herman Frédéric, Valla Pierre G., King Georgina E., Biswas Rabiul H. (2019), Evaluating post-glacial bedrock erosion and surface exposure duration by coupling in-situ OSL and <sup>10</sup>Be dating, in
Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions, 1-38.
Lowick Sally, Valla Pierre (2018), Characterising the luminescence behaviour of ‘infinitely old’ quartz samples from Switzerland, in
Quaternary Geochronology, 43, 1-11.
Schmidt Christoph, Friedrich Johannes, Adamiec Grzegorz, Chruścińska Alicja, Fasoli Mauro, Kreutzer Sebastian, Martini Marco, Panzeri Laura, Polymeris Georgios, Przegiętka Krzysztof, Valla Pierre, King Georgina, Sanderson David (2018), How reproducible are kinetic parameter constraints of quartz luminescence? An interlaboratory comparison for the 110 °C TL peak, in
Radiation Measurements, 110, 14-24.
Lehmann Benjamin, Valla Pierre, King Georgina, Herman Frederic (2018), Investigation of OSL surface exposure dating to reconstruct post-LIA glacier fluctuations in the French Alps (Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc massif), in
Quaternary Geochronology, 44, 63-74.
Diaz Nathalie, Dietrich Fabienne, Sebag David, King Georgina, Valla Pierre, Durand Alain, Garcin Yannick, de Saulieu Geoffroy, Deschamps Pierre, Herman Frederic, Verrecchia Eric (2018), Pedo-sedimentary constituents as paleoenvironmental proxies in the Sudano-Sahelian belt during the Late Quaternary (southwestern Chad Basin), in
Quaternary Science Reviews, 191, 348-362.
This proposal focuses on the interactions between paleo-glacier dynamics and mountain erosion in the western European Alps, during the paleoclimatic conditions of the last glacial cycle (100 kyr). The central objective is to develop a deeper understanding of both past climatic conditions and erosion patterns within the Alps and their foreland, using information presently available in the literature to identify the remaining gaps in the records and thus provide a more complete framework from a multi-disciplinary approach. The proposed research follows two complementary directions: (1) reconstructions of high-resolution glacier fluctuations and paleoclimatic conditions in the Alps using innovative methods in earth-surface geochronology; and (2) the quantification of glacial erosion patterns and subglacial sediment transport times from detailed investigation of the geological record in the Alpine foreland. Paleoclimatic and erosion data will then be used as quantitative constraints to calibrate numerical ice models, with the aim to investigate the long-term glacial evolution of the Alps and their foreland. This will ultimately provide a better understanding of the physical processes involved in glacial erosion and sediment transport beneath glaciers.