Simulation of the erosion process of landslide dams due to overtopping considering variations in soil erodibility along depth

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-946

  Chang, D S ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; DEPTH; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTOPPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA;

EID: 77952003176     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-933-2010     Document Type: Article

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