Declining discharge of glacier outburst floods through the Holocene in central Patagonia

Declining discharge of glacier outburst floods through the Holocene in central Patagonia

Glacier outburst floods are a major hazard in glacierized catchments. Global analyses have shown reduced frequency of glacier floods over recent decades but there is limited longer-term data on event magnitude and frequency. Here, we present a Holocene palaeoflood record from the Río Baker (Chilean...

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Main Authors: Benito, G. (Author), Dussaillant, A. (Author), Machado, M.J (Author), Medialdea, A. (Author), Sancho, C. (Author), Thorndycraft, V.R (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
Subjects:
Catastrophic floods
Catchments
Central Patagonia
Flood frequency
Flood magnitudes
Floods
Geomorphology
Glacial interglacial transition
glacier
Global analysis
GLOFs
Holocene
outburst
Outburst floods
Palaeohydrology
Palaeosols
paleoflood
Patagonia
Reduced frequency
South America
timescale
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