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Research article
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20 Nov 2014
Research article |
| 20 Nov 2014
The 1988 glacial lake outburst flood in Guangxieco Lake, Tibet, China
J.-J. Liu
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment & Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Surface Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Conservancy, Chengdu, 610041, China
State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, 100038, China
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
Z.-L. Cheng
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment & Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Surface Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Conservancy, Chengdu, 610041, China
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment & Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Surface Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Conservancy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Analysis of regional river blocking by debris flows in response to climate change Q. Zou et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140262
- An overview of the formation mechanism characteristics of glacial lake outburst floods in Tibet, China J. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-026-08342-z
- Rapid changes to glaciers increased the outburst flood risk in Guangxieco Proglacial Lake in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, Southeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Y. Che et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05029-5
- Multi-Decadal Monitoring of Lake Level Changes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by the TOPEX/Poseidon-Family Altimeters: Climate Implication C. Hwang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8060446
- An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming G. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.013
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