Glacier surging controls glacier lake formation and outburst floods: The example of the Khurdopin Glacier, Karakoram

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Bazai, Nazir Ahmed, Cui, Peng, Liu, Dingzhu, Carling, Paul A., Wang, Hao, Zhang, Guotao, Li, Yao, Hassan, Javed
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2022
• Subjects: Glacial lake; Glacial lake outburst flood; Glacial surge; Remote sensing; Cross-correlation feature tracking; Climate change; VARIEGATED GLACIER; DAMMED LAKES; BRIEF COMMUNICATION; KYAGAR GLACIER; SURGES; EVOLUTION; ALASKA; DAMS; MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY; Physical Geography; Geology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Dammed Lake; Glacial Lake; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/56374; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103710

Ice dammed glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) associated with surge glaciers are increasing in response to climate change. Predicting the phenomenon to protect downstream communities remains challenging around the globe. Surge-type glaciers are characterized by unsteady movements and frequent fron...