Multi-Source Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Hazard Assessment and Mapping for Huaraz, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Multi-Source Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Hazard Assessment and Mapping for Huaraz, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

The Quillcay catchment in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, contains several glacial lakes, including Lakes Palcacocha (with a volume of 17 × 106 m3), Tullparaju (12 × 106 m3), and Cuchillacocha (2 × 106 m3). In 1941 an outburst of Lake Palcacocha, in one of the deadliest historical glacial lake outburst...

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Main Authors: Holger Frey, Christian Huggel, Rachel E. Chisolm, Patrick Baer, Brian McArdell, Alejo Cochachin, César Portocarrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
dissemination
GLOF
hazard assessment and mapping
process chains
numerical modeling
hazard and risk communication
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00210/full

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