Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods (GLOFs) modelling of Thulagi and Lower Barun Glacial Lakes of Nepalese Himalaya

Melting of glaciers is one of the major effects of recent atmospheric warming in the Himalayas which results in the development of supraglacial lakes that coalesce to form proglacial lakes. Large volumes of water in these lakes are considered dangerous due to its unstable surrounding geomorphology....

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Main Authors: Sunwi Maskey, Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Rakesh Kayastha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Progress in Disaster Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061720300430