Modelling outburst floods from moraine-dammed glacial lakes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-159

  Westoby, M J ^a   Glasser, N F ^a   Brasington, J ^b   Hambrey, M J ^a   Quincey, D J ^c   Reynolds, J M ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d REYNOLDS INTERNATIONAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dam breach modelling; Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF); Hydrodynamic modelling; Moraine dam

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ENTRAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MODELING; MORAINE; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTBURST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 84899693522     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.03.009     Document Type: Review

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