Characteristics of mountain glacier surge hazard: learning from a surge event in NE Pamir, China

• Published in: Journal of Mountain Science
• Main Authors: Yao, Xin, Iqbal, Javed, Li, Ling-jing, Zhou, Zheng-kai
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SCIENCE PRESS 2019
• Subjects: Glacier surges; Moraine; Glacier hazards; Mountain glacier; Glacier monitoring; Offset-tracking SAR; SATELLITE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; BERING GLACIER; EASTERN PAMIR; EVOLUTION; TRACKING; SYSTEM; MOTION; ALASKA; VOLUME; FLOW; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Barrier Lake; Stagnant Glacier; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/26496; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-018-5282-x

Abnormal glacier movement is likely to result in canyon-type hazards chain, such as the barrier lake of Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon formed by glacier debris flow in October 2018 in China. Glacier hazard usually evolves from the glacier surge and may occur in a regular cycle. Understanding the charac...