Landslide-dammed lake at Tangjiashan, Sichuan province, China (triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake, May 12, 2008): Risk assessment, mitigation strategy, and lessons learned

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1055-1065

  Cui, Peng ^a,b   Dang, Chao ^a,b   Zhuang, Jian qi ^a,b   You, Yong ^a,b   Chen, Xiao qing ^a,b   Scott, Kevin M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster mitigation; Flood outburst; Landslide dammed lake; Risk assessment; Tangjiashan; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

BREACH EROSION; DISASTER MITIGATION; EMERGENCY PLANNING; FLOODED AREAS; LANDSLIDE DAM; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; PROPERTY DAMAGE; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; RAINY SEASONS; ROCK AVALANCHE; SICHUAN BASIN; SICHUAN PROVINCE; TANGJIASHAN; WATER DEPTH; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DAMS; DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; FLOODS; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; RATING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEBRIS FLOW; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMPOUNDMENT; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSLIDE; OVERBANK FLOW; OVERTOPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; SICHUAN; TANGJIASHAN LAKE;

EID: 84856364294     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0749-2     Document Type: Article

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