Usoi dam wave overtopping and flood routing in the Bartang and Panj Rivers, Tajikistan

Natural Hazards

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-390

  Risley, John C ^a   Walder, Joseph S ^b   Denlinger, Roger P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood hydrograph; Flood routing; Landslides; Natural dams; Overtopping floods; Rockslides; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

DAM; DISCHARGE; FLOOD ROUTING; LANDSLIDE; OVERTOPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; TAJIKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33646396779     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-1923-9     Document Type: Article

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