Geomorphologic impacts of the glacial lake outburst flood from Lake No. 513 (Peru)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5233-5244

  Vilímek, Vít ^a   Klimeš, Jan ^b   Emmer, Adam ^a   Benešová, Miroslava ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cordillera Blanca; Debris flow; Deglaciation; GLOF; Natural hazards; Peru

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK BURSTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

CORDILLERA BLANCA; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEGLACIATIONS; GLOF; NATURAL HAZARD; PERU;

LAKES;

EID: 84928729847     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3768-6     Document Type: Article

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