Causes of catastrophic failure of Tam Pokhari moraine dam in the Mt. Everest region

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1209-1223

  Osti, Rabindra ^a   Bhattarai, Tara Nidhi ^b   Miyake, Katsuhito ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Himalaya; Landslides; Moraine dam formation and failure; Mountain hazard; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM FAILURE; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MORAINE; PORE PRESSURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 79961030710     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9723-x     Document Type: Article

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