Flow hydraulics and geomorphic effects of glacial-lake outburst floods in the Mount Everest region, Nepal

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-407

  Cenderelli, Daniel A ^a   Wohl, Ellen E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphic effects; Glacial lake outburst floods; Specific stream power

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS;

GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EROSION; GLACIAL LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NEPAL;

EID: 0038702139     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.448     Document Type: Article

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