Recession of Gya Glacier and the 2014 glacial lake outburst flood in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Ulfat Majeed, Irfan Rashid, Ashim Sattar, Simon Allen, Markus Stoffel, Marcus Nüsser, Susanne Schmidt
Topics & Concepts
GlacierGlacial lakeGeologyMoraineFlood mythPhysical geographyGlacial periodHydrology (agriculture)GeomorphologySnowGlacier terminusClimatologyGeographyIce streamArchaeologyGeotechnical engineeringSea iceCryosphereCryospheric studies and observationsLandslides and related hazardsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics