The largest landslide dam in Turkey: Tortum landslide

Engineering Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-79

  Duman, Tamer Y ^a  

^a GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dating; Geomorphometric parameters; Grain size distribution; Landslide dam; Rock slide

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAKES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DATING; GEOMORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSLIDE DAM; ROCK SLIDE;

LANDSLIDES;

BEDDING PLANE; CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LANDSLIDE; LIMESTONE; MICROCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK MECHANICS; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 59249091371     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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