A large landslide in Zigui County, Three Gorges area

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1233-1240

  Dai, F C ^a,b   Deng, J H ^c   Tham, L G ^a   Law, K T ^d   Lee, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impounding; Landslide; Landslide dam; Rainfall; Three Gorges area

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; RAIN; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRESS; SOILS;

CLAYEY SOIL; DAM BREACHING; LANDSLIDE DAM; TRANSLATIONAL ROCKSLIDE;

LANDSLIDES;

IMPOUNDMENT; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES; WORLD;

EID: 15544377104     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-049     Document Type: Article

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