Study on moraine dam failure and resulting flood/debris flow hydrograph due to waves overtopping and erosion

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-12

  Awal, Ripendra ^a   Nakagawa, Hajime ^a   Kawaike, Kenji ^a   Baba, Yasuyuki ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erosion; GLOF; Laboratory experiment; Outflow hydrograph; Waves overtopping

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; DAM MATERIALS; DISPLACEMENT WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLOF; HYDROGRAPHS; ICE AVALANCHES; INTEGRATED MODELS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAKE WATER LEVEL; LOSS OF LIFE; MULTIPLE-PEAK; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEDIMENT DISASTER; SEDIMENT-ROUTING;

DEBRIS; DISASTERS; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOODS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

DAMS;

EID: 84861602644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2011-03.B-001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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