Mapping hazards from glacier lake outburst floods based on modelling of process cascades at Lake 513, Carhuaz, Peru
Recent warming has had enormous impacts on glaciers and high-mountain environments. Hazards have changed or new ones have emerged, including those from glacier lakes that form as glaciers retreat. The Andes of Peru have repeatedly been severely impacted by glacier lake outburst floods in the past. A...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Geosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.adv-geosci.net/35/145/2014/adgeo-35-145-2014.pdf |