Usoi landslide dam and Lake Sarez, Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-168

  Schuster, Robert L ^a   Alford, Donald ^b  

^a Eng Geol/Geotechnical Eng Consult   (United States)

^b Focus Humanitarian Assistance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; DAM FAILURE; FLOODING; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL HAZARD;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAMIRS; TAJIKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 2942705708     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/10.2.151     Document Type: Article

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