Lake volume and potential hazards of moraine-dammed glacial lakes – a case study of Bienong Co, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Duan, Hongyu, Yao, Xiaojun, Zhang, Yuan, Jin, Huian, Wang, Qi, Du, Zhishui, Hu, Jiayu, Wang, Bin, Wang, Qianxun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Glacial Lake; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-591-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00064897; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00063569/tc-17-591-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/591/2023/tc-17-591-2023.pdf

The existence of glacial lakes in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) is a potential hazard to downstream regions, as the outburst of such lakes has the potential to result in disastrous glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). In the present study, we conducted a comprehensive investigation of Bie...