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An overview of glacial hazards in the Himalayas
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In this paper, the number and volume of potentially hazardous moraine-dammed lakes in the Himalayas is increasing, and these lakes develop behind unstable ice-cored moraines, and have the potential to burst catastrophically, producing devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs).About:
This article is published in Quaternary International.The article was published on 2000-04-01. It has received 763 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Outburst flood & Glacial lake outburst flood.read more
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‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications
TL;DR: The Structure-from-Motion (SfM) method as mentioned in this paper solves the camera pose and scene geometry simultaneously and automatically, using a highly redundant bundle adjustment based on matching features in multiple overlapping, offset images.
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Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings
Tandong Yao,Lonnie G. Thompson,Lonnie G. Thompson,Wei Yang,Wusheng Yu,Yang Gao,Xuejun Guo,Xiaoxin Yang,Keqin Duan,Huabiao Zhao,Baiqing Xu,Jiancheng Pu,Anxin Lu,Yang Xiang,Dambaru Ballab Kattel,Daniel R. Joswiak +15 more
TL;DR: This paper found that the most intensive glacier shrinkage is in the Himalayan region, whereas glacial retreat in the Pamir Plateau region is less apparent, due to changes in atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns.
Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report
Sonia I. Seneviratne,Neville Nicholls,David R. Easterling,Clare Goodess,Shinjiro Kanae,James P. Kossin,Yiming Luo,José A. Marengo,Kathleen L. McInnes,Mohammad Rahimi,Markus Reichstein,Asgeir Sorteberg,Carolina Vera,X. Zhang +13 more
Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings
TL;DR: This paper found that the most intensive glacier shrinkage is in the Himalayan region, whereas glacial retreat in the Pamir Plateau region is less apparent, due to changes in atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns.
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The state and fate of Himalayan glaciers
Tobias Bolch,Tobias Bolch,Anil V. Kulkarni,Andreas Kääb,Christian Huggel,Christian Huggel,Frank Paul,J G Cogley,Holger Frey,Holger Frey,Jeffrey S. Kargel,Koji Fujita,M. Scheel,M. Scheel,Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya,Markus Stoffel,Markus Stoffel +16 more
TL;DR: The contemporary evolution of glaciers in the Himalayan region is reviewed, including those of the less well sampled region of the Karakoram to the Northwest, in order to provide a current, comprehensive picture of how they are changing.
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The formation and failure of natural dams
John E. Costa,Robert L. Schuster +1 more
TL;DR: The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and debris avalanches, rock and soil slumps and slides; and mud, debris, and earth flows as discussed by the authors.
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Water Flow in Glaciers: Jökulhlaups, Tunnels and Veins
TL;DR: In this paper, the physics of water flow within and under glacier ice is examined with special reference to the periodic catastrophic outbursts of water (jokulhlaups) from the subglacial lake Grimsvotn, Vatnajokull, Iceland.
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Frequency and Characteristics of Glacier Floods in the Swiss Alps
TL;DR: In this paper, historical information about glacier floods in the Swiss Alps, although incomplete and heterogeneous, is used as an empirical basis for an attempt to recognize potential hazards at an early stage by considering outburst processes, volumes of water involved, potential peak-discharge values, lithology and inclination within the reach of glacier streams.
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The 1985 catastrophic drainage of a moraine-dammed lake, Khumbu Himal, Nepal: cause and consequences
TL;DR: In this article, a hazard assessment including an identification of the source areas and subsequent monitoring of glacial lakes is proposed, which should be incorporated into any development concept for the Himalayan region.