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Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?

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2021
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Kääb, A., Jacquemart, M., Gilbert, A., Leinss, S., Girod, L., Huggel, C., Falaschi, D., Ugalde, F., Petrakov, D., Chernomorets, S., Dokukin, M., Paul, F., Gascoin, S., Berthier, E., & Kargel, J. S. (2021). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought? The Cryosphere, 15(4), 1751–1785. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021

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The detachment of large parts of low-angle mountain glaciers resulting in massive ice–rock avalanches have so far been believed to be a unique type of event, made known to the global scientific community first for the 2002 Kolka Glacier detachment, Caucasus Mountains, and then for the 2016 collapses of two glaciers in the Aru range, Tibet. Since 2016, several so-far unrecognized low-angle glacier detachments have been recognized and described, and new ones have occurred. In the current contribution, we compile, compare, and discuss 20

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  • Kääb, Andreas
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  • Jacquemart, Mylène
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  • Gilbert, Adrien
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  • Leinss, Silvan
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  • Girod, Luc
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  • Huggel, Christian
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  • Falaschi, Daniel
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  • Ugalde, Felipe
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  • Petrakov, Dmitry
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  • Chernomorets, Sergey
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  • Dokukin, Mikhail
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  • Paul, Frank
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  • Gascoin, Simon
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  • Berthier, Etienne
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  • Kargel, Jeffrey S
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15

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4

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1751

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1785

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Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology

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English

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2021-04-12

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2021-12-30

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1994-0416

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Kääb, A., Jacquemart, M., Gilbert, A., Leinss, S., Girod, L., Huggel, C., Falaschi, D., Ugalde, F., Petrakov, D., Chernomorets, S., Dokukin, M., Paul, F., Gascoin, S., Berthier, E., & Kargel, J. S. (2021). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought? The Cryosphere, 15(4), 1751–1785. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021

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