Monique Fort

Prof. Monique Fort
UFR GHSS
Dept. of Geography
Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot
Bat. Olympe de Gouges, Case postale 7001
rue A. Einstein
FR-75205 Paris Cedex 13
France


Phone: +33 (0)1 47 27 72 69
Phone2: +33 (0)1 4585 1454
E-mail: fort(at)univ-paris-diderot.fr
URL Institution: prodig.univ-paris1.fr/umr/


Additional functions:
Past Vice President, International Association of Geomorphologists
President, Groupe Grançais de Géomorphologie
Full Member, Commission Mountain Response to Global Change, International Geographical Union
Full Member, Scientific Committee of the French Alpine Club
Full Member, Scientific Committee of the Regional Nature Park of Queyras, France
Full Member, Scientific Committee of the Journal of Alpine Geography/Revue de Géographie Alpine


Key Publications of Monique Fort (up to ten) :
1987 - Fort, M. Sporadic morphogenesis in a continental subduction setting : an example from the Annapurna Range, Nepal Himalaya. Zeit. f. Geomorph., Suppl.-Bd 63, 9-36.
1991 - Gasse F., Arnold M., Fontes J.-C., Fort M., Gibert E., Huc A., Li Bingyuan, Li Yuanfang, Liu Qing, Melières F., Van Campo E., Wang F. et Zang Qingsong. A, 13,000-year climate record from western Tibet. Nature, vol. 353, 742-745.
1996 - Fort M. Late Cenozoic environmental changes and uplift on the northern side of the Central Himalaya : a reappraisal from field data. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 120, 123-145
2000 - Fort, M. Glaciers and Mass wasting processes : their influence in the shaping of the Kali Gandaki valley (Higher Himalaya of Nepal). Quaternary International, 65/66, 101-119.
2006 - Derbyshire E., Fort M. Mountain hazards and geomorphology in the Hunza Valley. In : « Karakoram in transition – Culture, Development and Ecology in the Hunza Valley » (H. Kreutzmann ed.). Oxford University Press, 73-95.
2010 - Fort M., Cossart E., Arnaud-Fassetta G. Hillslope-channel coupling in the Nepal Himalayas and threat to man-made structures: the middle Kali Gandaki valley. Geomorphology 124, 178-199.
2013 - Fort M. L’Himalaya, un laboratoire à ciel ouvert pour géomorphologues. Bull. Séanc. Acad. R. Sci. Outre-Mer Meded. Zitt. K. Acad. Overzeese Wet. 57 (2-4-2011): 141-159.
2014 - Fort M., Natural hazards vs climate change and their potential impacts in the dry, northern Himalayas: focus on the Upper Kali Gandaki (Mustang District, Nepal). Environmental Earth Sciences Special Issue: Sustainable Water Management in Central Asia. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3087-y
2015 - Schwanghart W., Korup O., Bernhardt A., StolleA., Hoelzmann P., Adhikari B.R., Andermann C., Tofelde S., Merchel S., Rugel G., Fort M, Korup O. Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science, Report. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aac9865.


Expertise of Monique Fort:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
	Research Interface / Management
Topic Atmosphere	Global Warming
Topic Cryosphere	Glaciers
	Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic Pedosphere	Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
	Geology / Sediments
Topic Lithosphere	Morphodynamics
Topic Economy/ResourceUse	Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Time Frame	Past: Historical / Archeological
	Recent / Today
Statistical Focus	Extreme Events
Time Scale	Decadal / Centennial
	Millenial
Methods	Data Collection
	Data Analysis
	Integrated Assessment

Specialties of Monique Fort:
I am basically a geomorphologist with a geographical approach (including human geography and interactions between Humans and natural processes

Last update: 4/14/16
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