Periodic outburst floods from an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland

We report evidence of four cycles of outburst floods from Catalina Lake, an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland, identified in satellite imagery between 1966–2016. The lake measures 20–25 km2, and lake level drops 130–150 m in each event, corresponding to a water volume of 2.6–3.4 Gt, and a release of...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Grinsted, Aslak, Hvidberg, Christine, Campos, Néstor, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2017
Subjects:
551.58
Geografía física
2505.07 Geografía Física
Greenland
Catalina
Dammed Lake
East Greenland
Scoresbysund
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99561
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07960-9
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Summary:We report evidence of four cycles of outburst floods from Catalina Lake, an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland, identified in satellite imagery between 1966–2016. The lake measures 20–25 km2, and lake level drops 130–150 m in each event, corresponding to a water volume of 2.6–3.4 Gt, and a release of potential energy of 1016 J, among the largest outburst floods reported in historical times. The drainage cycle has shortened systematically, and the lake filling rate has increased over each cycle, suggesting that the drainage pattern is changing due to climate warming with possible implications for environmental conditions in Scoresbysund fjord. European Commission Villum Foundation Depto. de Geografía Fac. de Geografía e Historia TRUE pub

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