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- Editors:
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Jan Kalvoda
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Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Charles L. Rosenfeld
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Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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- Daniel A. Cenderelli, Ellen E. Wohl
Pages 1-26
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- J F. Shroder Jr., M. P. Bishop, R. Scheppy
Pages 27-48
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- Jussi Baade, Roland Mäusbacher, Günther A. Wagner, Erwin Heine, Robert Kostka
Pages 49-62
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- Matthias Kuhle, Sigrid Meiners, Lasafam Iturrizaga
Pages 63-96
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- David R. Butler, George P. Malanson, Forrest D. Wilkerson, Ginger L. Schmid
Pages 149-166
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- T. A. Blodgett, C. Blizard, B. L. Isacks
Pages 211-227
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- Jeff Warburton, Mark Macklin, David Preston
Pages 229-243
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- VÃt VilÃmek, Marco Zapata Luyo
Pages 245-262
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- David Palacios, Javier De Marcos
Pages 285-307
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Back Matter
Pages 309-316
About this book
On the basis of a total of thirteen case examples from the Tien Shan, Karakorum, Himalaya and Tangula Shan (central Tibet), the risk potential and hazards are inferred from the development of landscape during the Quaternary. The history of glaciers can be seen as of central importance for this. The Ice Age glacial erosion created V-shaped valleys, which with their steep flanks - as a consequence of the interglacial formation of V -valleys - have prepared and brought about landslides as well as rockslides and the hazards, combined with them. The same is true for the moraines, which the gla ciers have deposited high-up in the valley flanks and related loose stone deposits. Dry and wet mass movements follow after heavy precipitation, especially in the semi-arid investigation areas, and are catastrophes for the settlements and the communication routes in the valley floors. Their key-forms are debris cones and debris slopes, as well as mudflows and alluvial fans. In addition to the Ice Age glaciation history, as a preparatory, indirect factor, the Holocene to present glaciation history is, as a result of the danlming-up of glacier- and moraine lakes and their outbursts, a direct risk factor. The examples presented of acute and already occurred cases of damage were inves tigated in the years 1989-1994. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Max Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG), the Volkswagen-Stiftting (VW) and the Deutscher Aka demischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for the financial support for the field-work.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Kalvoda
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Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Charles L. Rosenfeld
