A rapidly growing moraine-dammed glacial lake on Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal

Geomorphology

Volumn 145-146, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Thompson, Sarah S ^a,b   Benn, Douglas I ^b,c   Dennis, Kathryn ^d   Luckman, Adrian ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d URS/Scott Wilson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial lake; Glacier; Hazard; Himalayas; Outburst flood

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MAPPING METHOD; MORAINE; NATURAL HAZARD; OUTBURST; SONAR IMAGERY;

NEPAL; NGOZUMPA GLACIER; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL];

EID: 84856963585     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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