Formation and failure of the Tsatichhu landslide dam, Bhutan

Landslides

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Dunning, S A ^a   Rosser, N J ^a   Petley, D N ^a   Massey, C R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Landslide dam; Outburst flood; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744790649     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0032-x     Document Type: Review

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