Assessment of glacial lake development and prospects of outburst susceptibility: Chamlang South Glacier, eastern Nepal Himalaya

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 403-423

  Lamsal, Damodar ^a   Sawagaki, Takanobu ^a   Watanabe, Teiji ^a   Byers, Alton C ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVELS;

FIELD SURVEYS; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; HANGING GLACIERS; LAKE WATER LEVEL; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; OUTBURST FLOODS; TERMINAL MORAINES; WATER VOLUMES;

LAKES;

EID: 84953360410     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2014.931306     Document Type: Article

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