Dynamic simulation of catastrophic late Pleistocene glacial-lake drainage, Altai Mountains, central Asia

International Geology Review

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1795-1817

  Bohorquez, P ^a   Carling, P A ^b   Herget, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; catastrophic floods; gravel bedforms; lake drainage; Siberia

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW MODELING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84937158212     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2015.1046956     Document Type: Article

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