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Causes, consequences and implications of the 2023 landslide-induced Lake Rasac glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
Adam Emmer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Oscar Vilca
Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña (INAIGEM), Cusco, Peru
Cesar Salazar Checa
Autoridad Nacional del Agua (ANA), Huaraz, Peru
School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Simon Cook
Division of Energy, Environment and Society, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Elena Pummer
UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Jan Hrebrina
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Wilfried Haeberli
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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We describe in detail the most recent large landslide-triggered glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the Peruvian Andes (the 2023 Rasac GLOF), analysing its preconditions and consequences, as well as the role of the changing climate. Our study contributes to understanding GLOF occurrence patterns in space and time and corroborates reports detailing the increasing frequency of such events in changing mountains.
We describe in detail the most recent large landslide-triggered glacial lake outburst flood...
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