diff --git a/docs/introduction.md b/docs/introduction.md index 77f1abe..bbcdc19 100644 --- a/docs/introduction.md +++ b/docs/introduction.md @@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ Except from the terminal ice cliff, the glacier tongue is completely covered by ## Glacier Hazards and surge event of 2001-2002 In the past, several hazardous events originated by Belvedere Glacier, such as floods and slope instability, threatened the nearby village of Macugnaga and the Zamboni Zappa Hut, at 2070 m a.s.l. (Kääb et al., 2004). At the beginning of the 21st century, the Belvedere Glacier was characterized by a particular surge-type dynamics (Haeberli et al., 2002): a wave of compression-decompression stresses was generated by an accelerated ice flow derived from the glacier accumulation area. Surface velocities reached up to 200 m y−1 (Kääb et al., 2004) and the ice thickness increased more than 20 m. A more detailed description of the characteristics of the Belvedere Glacier and the glacier-related hazards can be found in previous studies, such as (Haeberli et al., 2002; Ioli et al., 2022; Kääb et al., 2004). +[Figure2]() -![Surge](../assets/img/intro/surge.jpg "Surge") +![Figure2](../assets/img/intro/surge.jpg "Surge1") *Figure 2: The bifurcation of the frontal tongue of Belvedere Glacier: the mighty swelling of the glacier mass is clearly visible (photo G. Mortara, 21.06.2002);* -![Surge](../assets/img/intro/surge2.jpg "Surge") +![Figure3](../assets/img/intro/surge2.jpg "Surge2") *Figure 3: Right lateral moraine, early October 2001. Note the increase in thickness and the invasion by ice (in the foreground) of the breccia on the right moraine (effect of the Locce glacial lake rout, which occurred on July 19, 1979) (photo G. Mortara, October 2001);* ## Main morphological sectors