Outburst floods from glacier-dammed lakes: The effect of mode of lake drainage on flood magnitude

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 701-723

  Walder, Joseph S ^a   Costa, John E ^a  

^a CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breach hydraulics; Outburst floods; Subglacial lakes; Temperate glaciers

Indexed keywords

FLOOD HYDRAULICS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; OUTBURST FLOOD; SUBGLACIAL LAKE; TEMPERATE GLACIER;

EID: 0030431312     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199608)21:8<701::AID-ESP615>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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