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

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...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Sarah S., Kulessa, Bernd, Benn, Douglas I., Mertes, Jordan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5397980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28425458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46766