Reconstructing historic glacial lakeoutburst floods through numerical modelling and geomorphological assessment: Extreme events in the himalaya

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1675-1692

  Westoby, Matthew J ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^a   Hambrey, Michael J ^a   Brasington, James ^b   Reynolds, John M ^c   Hassan, Mohamed A A M ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c REYNOLDS INTERNATIONAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DAMS; DEBRIS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DAM BREACH; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; MAXIMUM FLOW VELOCITIES; MORAINE-DAMMED LAKE; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84916940061     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3617     Document Type: Article

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