Breaching of Changkai Levee in June 2010 in Jiangxi Province, China

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 224 GSP, 2011, Pages 476-483

  Peng, M ^a   Zhang, Limin M ^a  

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

Author keywords

China; Floods; Geohazards; Levees and dikes

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; CHINA; DESIGN STANDARD; FAILURE MECHANISM; GEO-HAZARDS; JIANGXI PROVINCE; LEVEE BREACHES; SOUTHERN CHINA;

LEVEES;

EID: 80051903912     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41183(418)45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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