Scale amplification of natural debris flows caused by cascading landslide dam failures

Geomorphology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-189

  Cui, P ^a   Zhou, Gordon G D ^b   Zhu, X H ^b   Zhang, J Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Cascading failure; Debris flow; Landslide dam; Scale amplification; Zhouqu

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; DEBRIS FLOW; GULLY; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL;

CHINA; GANSU; ZHOUQU;

EID: 84871672712     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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