Periodic outburst floods from an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland

We report evidence of four cycles of outburst floods from Catalina Lake, an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland, identified in satellite imagery between 1966–2016. The lake measures 20–25 km(2), and lake level drops 130–150 m in each event, corresponding to a water volume of 2.6–3.4 Gt, and a release...

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Autores principales: Grinsted, Aslak, Hvidberg, Christine S., Campos, Néstor, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07960-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07960-9

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