Glacial lake changes and outburst flood hazard in Chandra basin, North-Western Indian Himalaya

Climatic change-induced glacier recession has been accompanied by formation and growth of proglacial lakes in the Himalayan region, which pose an emerging significant threat to the downstream communities/settlements in the form of outburst floods. To understand spatiotemporal evolution patterns, sou...

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Main Authors: Chander Prakash, R. Nagarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1445663