Review article: Lake and breach hazard assessment for moraine-dammed lakes: An example from the Cordillera Blanca

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1551-1565

  Emmer, A ^a   Vilimek V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MORAINE;

ANCASH; CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84892168408     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1551-2013     Document Type: Review

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