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Numerical modelling of glacial lake outburst floods using physically based dam-breach models
Geography, Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
J. Brasington
School of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
N. F. Glasser
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
M. J. Hambrey
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
J. M. Reynolds
Reynolds International Ltd, Suite 2, Broncoed House, Broncoed Business Park, Mold, UK
M. A. A. M. Hassan
HR Wallingford Ltd, Howberry Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
A. Lowe
CH2M HILL, 304 Bridgewater Place, Warrington, Cheshire, UK
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