Anatomy of terminal moraine segments and implied lake stability on Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, from electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Thompson, Sarah S., Kulessa, Bernd, Benn, Douglas I., Mertes, Jordan R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: ice core
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/anatomy-of-terminal-moraine-segments-and-implied-lake-stability-on-ngozumpa-glacier-nepal-from-electrical-resistivity-tomography-ert(14c864ac-c758-4a37-9ad6-54b1609e811f).html; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46766; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/12433/1/Thompson_2017_SR_TerminalMoraineSegments_CC.pdf

Moraine-dammed lakes at debris-covered glaciers are becoming increasingly common and pose significant outburst flood hazards if the dam is breached. While moraine subsurface structure and internal processes are likely to influence dam stability, only few sites have so far been investigated. We condu...