Observation of a rapid lake‐drainage event in the Arctic: Set‐up and trigger mechanisms, outburst flood behaviour, and broader fluvial impacts

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Arp, Christopher D., Drew, Katie A., Bondurant, Allen C.
• Other Authors: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Rapid Lake; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.5571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.5571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/esp.5571; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/esp.5571

Abstract Lakes set in arctic permafrost landscapes can be susceptible to rapid drainage and downstream flood generation. Of many thousands of lakes in northern Alaska, hundreds have been identified as having high drainage potential directly to river systems and 18 such drainage events have been docu...