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Long-Term Analysis of Glaciers and Glacier Lakes in the Central and Eastern Himalaya

Year: 2023

Type: article

Source: The Science of The Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165598

Authors: Vibhor Agarwal, Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries, Umesh K. Haritashya, Siddhi Garg, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Ying-Ju Chen, Dan H. Shugar

Institutions: College of Wooster, University of Dayton, The Ohio State University, University of Minnesota, University of Liverpool, University of Oxford, Planetary Science Institute, University of Calgary

Language: English

Topic: Cryospheric studies and observations

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Dayton, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Awards: G5112759109, WE PLAN TO INVESTIGATE GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC SETTINGS AND TRIGGERS OF LARGE HISTORIC PRE-HISTORIC AND FUTURE LANDSLIDES IN THE HIMALAYA AND KARAKORAM INCLUDING RIVER DAMMING AND OTHER ASSOCIATED HAZARDOUS EVENTS OF TRANSBOUNDARY CONSEQUENCES. THE REGION OF INTEREST INVOLVES THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AREAS WITHIN THE LARGER REGION DEPICTED IN FIGURE 1. WE WILL MODEL SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF THE TERRAIN TO PRODUCE SIMILAR LARGE LANDSLIDES IN THE FUTURE DUE TO ICE MELT SEISMICITY OR STOCHASTIC FAILURES. WE WILL USE U OF A S DISTRIBUTED MEMORY CLUSTER TO COMPUTE SEISMIC WAVE PROPAGATION AND SURFACE INTERACTION IN THE COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY AND FIRST-ORDER GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF THE 2015 GORKHA-EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED HIMALAYAN REGION AND THE 2005 KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE AREA IN THE KARAKORAM. SHAKING-RELATED LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY WILL BE TESTED USING OUTCOME OF THE 2015 GORKHA EARTHQUAKE; MONSOON RELATED LANDSLIDES WILL BE EVALUATED NEARBY BUT WHERE SEISMICITY WAS WEAK.

OpenAlex ID: W4384501616

FWCI: 3.545

Cites: 81

Cited by: 37

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