Open AccessGlacial Lake Outburst Flood Captured in Seismic Recordings
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo107643
Subject(s) - glacial period , flood myth , geology , glacial lake , geomorphology , geography , archaeology
A flood that thundered through eastern Nepal in July 2016 left a telltale seismic signature and caused more erosion than local monsoon rains, new research shows.