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Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2533-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2533-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Brief communication
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28 Jun 2023
Brief communication | Highlight paper |  | 28 Jun 2023

Brief communication: Rapid  ∼  335  ×  106 m3 bed erosion after detachment of the Sedongpu Glacier (Tibet)

Andreas Kääb and Luc Girod

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2022-237', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Andreas Kääb, 24 Mar 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2022-237', Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries, 15 Mar 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Andreas Kääb, 24 Mar 2023

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (28 Mar 2023) by Harry Zekollari
AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Mar 2023) by Harry Zekollari
RR by Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries (08 Apr 2023)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Apr 2023) by Harry Zekollari
AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 May 2023) by Harry Zekollari
AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (30 May 2023) by Harry Zekollari
AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2023)
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This paper describes a very dramatic rate of landscape change that is both scientifically notable across the geoscience community, and of general interest to the public. The key messages can be communicated in a very accessible way, and the satellite imagery associated with the analysis clearly show the high impact changes to the valley.
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Short summary
Following the detachment of the 130 × 106 m3 Sedongpu Glacier (south-eastern Tibet) in 2018, the Sedongpu Valley underwent massive large-volume landscape changes. An enormous volume of in total around 330 × 106 m3 was rapidly eroded, forming a new canyon of up to 300 m depth, 1 km width, and almost 4 km length. Such consequences of glacier change in mountains have so far not been considered at this magnitude and speed.
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