Geomorphology of the lake shewa landslide dam, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, using remote sensing data

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-483

  Shroder, John F ^a   Weihs, Brandon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakout flood; Hazard potential; Landslide dammed lake; Rock avalanche; Spring seepage; Sturzstrom

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GNEISS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK GLACIER; SATELLITE DATA; SEEPAGE; SLOPE FAILURE;

AFGHANISTAN; BADAKHSHAN;

EID: 78650074784     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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