2015-10-26Zeitschriftenartikel
Repeated glacial lake outburst flood threatening the oldest Buddhist monastery in north-western Nepal
Schneider, Christoph; Kropáček, J; Neckel, N; Tyrna, B; Holzer, N; Hovden, A; Gourmelen, N; Buchroithner, M; Hochschild, V
Since 2004, Halji village, home of the oldest Buddhist Monastery in north-western Nepal, has suffered from recurrent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). A sudden englacial drainage of a supraglacial lake, located at a ...