Case history and hazard analysis of two lake-damming landslides in the Himalayas

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 323-331

  Weidinger, Johannes T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAKE; LANDSLIDE;

ASIA;

EID: 0032418158     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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