Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited – extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017

Steiner, Jakob F.; Kraaijenbrink, Philip D. A.; Jiduc, Sergiu G.; Immerzeel, Walter W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Brief communication

|

11 Jan 2018

Brief communication |

| 11 Jan 2018

Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited – extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017

Jakob F. Steiner, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Sergiu G. Jiduc, and Walter W. Immerzeel

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018-supplement

Data sets

Velocity and Volume Change Data for the Khurdopin Glacier Surge 2017 J. Steiner, P. Kraaijenbrink, and W. Immerzeel, https://doi.org/10.17632/5b6prtspwz.1

Short summary

Glaciers that once every few years or decades suddenly advance in length – also known as surging glaciers – are found in many glaciated regions in the world. In the Karakoram glacier tongues are additionally located at low altitudes and relatively close to human settlements. We investigate a very recent and extremely rapid surge in the region that has caused a lake to form in the main valley with possible risks for downstream communities.