A new remote hazard and risk assessment framework for glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalaya
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) pose a significant threat to downstream communities and infrastructure due to their potential to rapidly unleash stored lake water. The most common triggers of these GLOFs are mass movement entering the lake and/or the self-destruction of the terminal moraine due...
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2016
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Online Access: | https://scholar.colorado.edu/instaar_facpapers/11 https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=instaar_facpapers |