Glacier retreat has caused the emergence of numerous moraine-dammed glacial lakes
(MGL) over the last century which have become research foci in many mountain regions of …

Lake volume is a critical parameter in the prediction of potential flood volume and peak
discharge in the risk assessment of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). As existing volume …

Climate warming-induced glacier recession has resulted in the development and rapid
expansion of glacial lakes in the Himalayan region. The increased melting has enhanced …

Landslide dams are common geological disasters in mountainous areas and can pose
severe threats to the lives and property of downstream people. In this study, a three …

Giant landslides have frequently occurred in deeply-incised valleys during the topographic
development of the Tibetan Plateau, and these landslides commonly blocked rivers and in …

The existing empirical models do not consider the influence of material composition of
landslide deposits on the peak breach flow due to the uncertainty in the material …

Existence and expansion of glacial lakes from Sikkim Himalaya enhances the susceptibility
of the region to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) causing destruction of infrastructures and …

Water management for natural channels is a frequent challenge due to the inefficient usage
of water resources. The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (SDG 6 of sustainable …

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake lead to various complex multi-hazard chains that included
seismically-triggered landslide initiation, landslide run-out, river damming, dam breaching …

Abstract In October and November of 2018, the upper reach of the Yangtze River was
blocked twice by landslide dams. A large landslide dam on a major river can impound a …