Database of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)-IPL project No. 179

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 161-165

  Vilímek, Vít ^a   Emmer, Adam ^a   Huggel, Christian ^b   Schaub, Yvonne ^b   Würmli, Sara ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cordillera Blanca; Database; GLOFs; International collaboration; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CORDILLERA BLANCA; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD (GLOFS); GLOFS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; NATURAL HAZARD; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RELEVANT DOCUMENTS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTBURST; PROJECT DESIGN;

EID: 84893765499     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0448-7     Document Type: Review

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