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Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-5883-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-5883-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
Research article
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13 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 13 Oct 2026

Glacier response to the transition from lake- to land-terminating following a glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwu Glacier, southeastern Tibet

Yunyi Luo, Qiao Liu, Yin Fu, Xueyuan Lu, Yongsheng Yin, Jiawei Yang, Guoxiong Zheng, and Xuyang Lu

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After a glacial lake outburst flood in 2020, Jinwu Glacier in southeastern Tibet lost contact with its lake. Using satellite images, we found that the glacier front slowed by about 44% and showed ice-cliff collapse and a short-lived advance. The study shows that sudden lake drainage can rapidly change glacier behaviour, with implications for how lake-terminating glaciers evolve after outburst floods.
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