Breaching parameters of landslide dams

Landslides

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-31

  Peng, M ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a,b  

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

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dam breach; Dams; Earthquake; Erosion; Landslide; Overtopping

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; LANDSLIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUBLIC RISKS; ROCK MECHANICS;

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; COMPARISON STUDY; DAM BREACH; EARTH AND ROCK-FILL DAM; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LANDSLIDE DAM; OVERTOPPING; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DAMS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAM FAILURE; DATABASE; EARTH DAM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSIVITY; FLASH FLOOD; LANDSLIDE; OVERTOPPING; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; RISK FACTOR; ROCKFILL DAM; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84858709182     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0271-y     Document Type: Article

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