Analysis and dynamic modeling of a moraine failure and glacier lake outburst flood at Ventisquero Negro, Patagonian Andes (Argentina)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 444-445, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-145

  Worni, Raphael ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Huggel, Christian ^a,c   Volz, Christian ^d   Casteller, Alejandro ^b,e   Luckman, Brian ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BASEMENT; Dam break modeling; Glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF); Moraine breach; Outburst hydrograph; Ventisquero Negro (Patagonia)

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT; DAM-BREAKS; GLACIER-LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; HYDROGRAPHS; MORAINE BREACH; PATAGONIA;

DAMS; DEBRIS;

LAKES;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM FAILURE; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER RETREAT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORAINE; OUTBURST; SPILLWAY;

ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; VENTISQUERO NEGRO;

EID: 84861221182     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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