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Surge dynamics and lake outbursts of Kyagar Glacier, Karakoram

Round, Vanessa ; Leinss, Silvan ; Huss, Matthias ; Haemmig, Christoph ; Hajnsek, Irena

In: The Cryosphere, 2017, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 723–739

The recent surge cycle of Kyagar Glacier, in the Chinese Karakoram, caused formation of an ice-dammed lake and subsequent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) exceeding 40 million m³ in 2015 and 2016. GLOFs from Kyagar Glacier reached double this size in 2002 and earlier, but the role of glacier surging in GLOF formation was previously unrecognised. We present an integrative analysis of...