GAPHAZ Database

This database is a selection and overview of typical glacier and permafrost disasters in mountains. The database is by no means complete, nor are the disaster descriptions complete. The present version is an initial test version. and extensions for included cases, and additional cases (see next section). The database is ment to improve process understanding by providing parameters of cases and the type of processes involved in these cases. The database is neither suitable for assessing hazards in individual cases nor for any disaster forecasting. Individual case histories can be dangerously misleading when used for hazard assessment at the same site because the relevant local conditions may have changed substantially.