Field testing of erodibility of two landslide dams triggered by the 12 May Wenchuan earthquake

Landslides

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-332

  Chang, D S ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a   Xu, Y ^a,b   Huang, R Q ^c  

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

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compaction; Dam breach; Erodibility; Landslide; Landslide dam; Overtopping

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DAMS; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; GEOPHYSICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

DAM BREACH; DEGREE OF COMPACTION; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; ERODIBILITY; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSLIDE DAM; OVERTOPPING; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

LANDSLIDES;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ERODIBILITY; GRAIN SIZE; LANDSLIDE; OVERTOPPING; SHEAR STRESS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; TESTING METHOD;

CHINA;

EID: 80052270053     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0256-x     Document Type: Article

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