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Brief Communication: On the magnitude and frequency of Khurdopin glacier surge events

D. J. Quincey, Adrian Luckman Orcid Logo

The Cryosphere, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 571 - 574

Swansea University Author: Adrian Luckman Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.5194/tc-8-571-2014

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The return periods of Karakoram glacier surges are poorly quantified. Here, we present evidence of an historic surge of the Khurdopin Glacier that began in the mid1970s and peaked in 1979. Measured surface displacements reached >5kma−1, two orders of magnitude faster than during quiescence. The K...

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ISSN: 1994-0424
Published: Copernicus GmbH 2014
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