Debris basin and deflection berm design for fire-related debris-flow mitigation

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-313

  Prochaska, Adam B ^a,b   Santi, Paul M ^a   Higgins, Jerry D ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b RJH CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin; Debris flow; Deflection berm; Design; Fire related; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); GEOMETRY; HAZARDS; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; DEFLECTION; GUIDELINE; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 57649138461     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.14.4.297     Document Type: Article

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