Out-burst flood (lahar) triggered by retrogressive landsliding, 18 March 2007 at Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand-a successful early warning

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-315

  Massey, Christopher I ^a   Manville, Vernon ^c   Hancox, Graham H ^a   Keys, Harry J ^b   Lawrence, Colin ^b,d   McSaveney, Mauri ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NZ Forest Managers ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Break out flood; Crater lake; Lahar; Landslide retrogression; Landslide warning; Natural dam collapse; Tephra barrier

Indexed keywords

BREAK-OUT FLOOD; CRATER LAKE; LAHAR; NATURAL-DAM COLLAPSE; TEPHRA BARRIER;

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; EROSION; LANDSLIDES; SEEPAGE; VOLCANOES;

LAKES;

CRATER LAKE; DAM FAILURE; DEBRIS FLOW; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; LAHAR; LANDSLIDE; OUTFLOW; OVERTOPPING; SEEPAGE; TELEMETRY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77955718206     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0180-5     Document Type: Article

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