Analysis of earth dam failures: A database approach

Georisk

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Zhang, Limin ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Jia, J S ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Dam safety; Disaster; Failure; Flood risk analysis and management; Seepage

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949111352     PISSN: 17499518     EISSN: 17499526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17499510902831759     Document Type: Article

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